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Diversity Game UdS
The Diversity Game UdS is a serious game that invites you to explore aspects of diversity in a playful way and to get to know different perspectives. With its interactive approach, the Diversity Game offers practical opportunities to reflect on typical situations from everyday university life and to strengthen key skills for dealing with diversity.
The game is primarily aimed at teaching staff at Saarland University. However, the knowledge it conveys is also relevant for all employees who have contact with students. It includes 12 scenarios covering the topics of diversity, disabilities, and caregiving responsibilities. Each scenario takes just a few minutes to complete.
What is a serious game?
A serious game is a digital game that goes beyond pure entertainment and specifically pursues educational, training or sensitisation purposes. It combines playful elements with didactic content to impart knowledge, promote problem-solving skills or initiate changes in behaviour.
The benefit of serious games lies in their interactive and motivating nature:
- They enable effective learning through experience and active involvement.
- They promote critical thinking, decision-making and teamwork.
- They make complex topics tangible and understandable.
- They increase learning motivation and efficiency through playful challenges.
Serious games are used in education, business, medicine and research to support practical learning and training.
Feedback
Your feedback helps us evaluate our idea and further develop it based on scientific insights. It provides valuable information about the game’s effectiveness in practice, particularly with regard to its learning objectives, user-friendliness, and the relevance of the content conveyed. Through your reflections and the collection of feedback, we not only promote a culture of open dialogue and continuous learning but also contribute to quality assurance by specifically addressing areas for improvement.
Foreword by Dr. Roland Rolles, Vice-President for Administration and Finance
Dear lecturers, dear members of the university,
The Diversity Game UdS is an innovative educational game specifically designed for Saarland University. This interactive learning format has been tailored to meet our unique needs and challenges, inviting participants to playfully engage with the various facets of diversity and discover new perspectives.
The Diversity Game UdS offers practical opportunities to reflect on real-life situations from everyday university life and to develop valuable skills for dealing with diversity. The content was developed by the Equal Opportunities and Diversity Management Unit, which includes the Diversity Office, the Family Office, and the Disability Support Service. The technical implementation was carried out by the Saarbrücken-based studio DigiTales Interactive.
I invite you to embark on this exciting and customized journey of discovery. Even if you are not involved in teaching, reflecting on diversity and inclusion can be an enriching learning experience for all of us.