Gaming Industry Trends in new Generation Specialist Training in University Environment

Journal of Environmental Treatment Techniques

2020, Volume 8, Issue 3, Pages: 1132-1135

J. Environ. Treat. Tech.

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Gaming Industry Trends in new Generation

Specialist Training in University Environment

Olga F. Piralova *, Sergey A. Gerasimenko , Vladimir V. Kuznetsov , Olga V. Popova , George

V. Subbotin , Olga G. Kolomyts , Nikolay A. Mashkin

Institute of Management and Economics, Omsk State Transport University, Omsk, Russian Federation

Faculty of Mathematics and Information Technologies, Orenburg State University, Orenburg, Russian Federation

Department of the General and Professional Pedagogics, Orenburg State University, Orenburg, Russian Federation

Department of International and Public Law, Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russian Federation

Vice-Rector for Educational and Methodological Work, Gzhel State University, Elektroizolyator, Russian Federation

Department of International Relations, World Politics and Diplomacy, Kazan (Volga region) Federal University, Kazan, Russian Federation

Department of State and Legal Disciplines, Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, Moscow, Russian Federation

Received: 03/04/2020

Accepted: 17/07/2020

Published: 20/09/2020

Abstract

The research urgency is caused by the search for effective approaches to interactive transformation of a new generation specialist

training process in the conditions of innovative interaction between educational environment of the University and the video game

sphere. In this regard, this article is aimed at revealing the features and technologies of implementing priority trends in the gaming

industry in the training of a new generation specialists in the educational environment of the University. In the course of pedagogical

monitoring – the leading method of research, the structure and content of trends in the gaming industry in the interactive transformation

of University student training are determined. The article reveals the modern understanding of the concept of the gaming industry,

defines its priorities in the fields of education. The authors have established the structure and content of the classifier of functional posts

in the gaming industry in the training of a new generation specialist in higher education. Based on the results of the research, an interactive

model for implementing priority trends in the gaming industry in the training of a new generation specialists in the educational

environment of a University is substantiated. The materials of the article can be useful in the development and implementation of various

methods and practices in the services of the gaming industry and in the educational process of the University.

Keywords: Game industry, Gamer, Typology of video and computer games, ESports, New generation specialist, Trends in the game

industry, Educational environment

Introduction

The transformations of the higher education system that

of the blended course program concern the preservation of the

value of direct contact between the student and the teacher, as

well as the self - worth of the teacher as a specialist. Against

the background of the presented problems, the most intense

interest of the University community in recent years is caused

by the gaming industry, the key idea of which is to develop an

interactive approach to training a specialist based on the

integration of the educational environment of the University

and the video game sphere [3]. According to this approach, the

educational process is carried out in a virtual environment

where there are no clear boundaries between learning and video

games. The inclusion of game components in the educational

cycle is assumed at the expense of virtual reality and the game

environment, and the implementation of all educational tasks is

transferred to the space of various forms of game models with

a large content of visual and acoustic content [1, 4]. Certain

successes and high efficiency of using these technologies

(speed and ease of mastering the material, positive attitude of

the audience to the learning process, attractiveness of

educational products) contribute to the support and promotion

of the gaming industry in the market of educational services. At

the same time, the redundancy of game components and virtual

environment in the educational process, as D.E. Gasparyan [1]

have been taking place over the past 20 years due to the

introduction of information technologies in all spheres of

society are acquiring new ways of expression: a departure from

strict compliance with educational standards, a unified division

of academic time into semester and module courses, a focus on

the use of short-term programs, independent projects, trainings,

and practices in the educational process [1]. A notable

consequence of the educational process informatization is the

integration of online and offline spaces in the process of

teaching many courses. The learning process becomes virtual

and develops based on the resources of online courses. The

dominance of information technologies also contributes to

changing relations between key subjects of education: the

influence of the teacher's personality on the individual student

is reduced, online consultants, who, in turn are replaced by

virtual Tutors, replace consultants. As part of the smooth

transition to training in the blending format, most lectures are

transferred to an online platform. Lectures are not carried out

in real time in the classroom, but are pre-outlined by the teacher

for viewing by the student during independent training [1-3].

There are a number of ethical difficulties are associated with

this approach. The most discussed issues related to the launch

Corresponding author: Olga F. Piralova, Institute of Management and Economics, Omsk State Transport University, Omsk, Russian

Federation. E-mail: imec@omgups.ru.

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rightly believes, transfers the student to the category of

technical unit. There is a general depersonalization of the

educational process. All these trends have a direct impact on

the development of personal qualities of the student. In the

collective work of G.S. Bazhenova and V.V. Grishkun [5], the

student's personal qualities are synthesized in the aspect of their

compliance with the universal values of the youth of the

XX1ST century. The authors note in this list of universal values

of the student the priority areas in the life of the student-a future

specialist of a new generation, which M. Prensky [6] defined as

a digital aborigine. All these trends, reflecting the deep

processes of new forms of interaction between the educational

environment of the University and the video game industry,

need scientific understanding. In this regard, this article

provides a theoretical and methodological justification of the

priority trends of the gaming industry in the interactive

transformation of the training of a student-a future specialist of

a new generation in the educational environment of the

University. In the course of pedagogical monitoring – the

leading method of research, the structure and content of trends

in the gaming industry in the interactive transformation of

University student training are determined. The article reveals

the modern understanding of the concept of the gaming

industry, defines its priorities in the fields of education. The

structure and content of the classifier of posts functions of a

video game specialist are established. Based on the results of

the research, an interactive model of interaction between the

educational environment of the University and the video game

sphere in the training of a new generation specialist is

substantiated. The effectiveness of the model is proved in the

process of implementing trends in the gaming industry in the

educational process of the University.

study, the research problem it is established, that despite the

fact that some aspects of game industry are actively used in the

educational process of the University, which certainly

contributes to a better fulfillment of educational goals and

objectives of the interactive training of specialist of new

generation, it is prematurely to speak about a complete

understanding of this process. An important role is also played

by the factor of special variability and unpredictability of the

development of gaming industry services, which are far ahead

of the development of University resources. Therefore, the

definition of priority trends in the interaction of the video game

sphere and the educational environment of the University in the

interactive training of a new generation specialist seems to be

justified and appropriate.

Results and Discussion

.1 Content Analysis of the Gaming Industry as an

Educational Category

Based on the discursive content of the concept of the game

industry, reflected in the works of D.E. Gasparyan [1], M.R.

Karmova [4], N.I. Nikolaev [18], Yu.F. Shpakovsky and M.D.

Danilyuk [19], in this study, its understanding is determined by

the use of game elements in non-game educational processes.

The article by N.I. Nikolaev [18] notes that the modern spheres

of the video game industry, due to the technological leap in

development, are transformed from the entertainment industry

into an innovative type of professional employment that attracts

students with technological resources, intellectual labor

capacity and high pay. Currently, in the educational process of

the University, along with the technologies of the educational

process, elements of such video games as platformers, action,

adventure, role – playing games, online games, strategies,

casual games, simulators are actively used as innovative

techniques. The division into genres is conditional, due to the

influence of information technologies that bring elements of

innovative changes to the existing structure of video games and

create new types of games. During the research, the features of

the development of the gaming industry in the educational

environment of the University from the beginning of its origin

in the middle of the XX century to the present time are

analyzed.

The State of Study of the Research Problem in

the Literature

The organization of student interactive activities based on

the use of resources of the gaming industry has become the

subject of scientific interest of a significant number of

scientists, whose research problems are caused by the

transformations of the educational process of the University.

These studies are associated with the names of many leading

experts, including D.E. Gasparyan [1], V.A. Pomelov [3], M.R.

Karmova [4], S.A. Bazhenova and V.V. Grishkun [5], M.

Prensky [6], P.A. Gorshkov [7], O.V. Kalimullina [8], I.

Rahwan [9], J. Heisinga [10], M. Chiksentmikhayi [11], Y.

Choy [12]. The authors of other works devoted to the study of

the problem of interaction between the video game sphere of

the gaming industry and the educational environment of the

University are united in conditionally grouped areas of their

research: (a) active supporters of educational process

transformations mediated by integration interaction of

pedagogical and information technologies, computer

multimedia systems and interactive computer games [1, 3, 4,

. At the initial stage, the correct analysis of which is

presented in the article of T.A. Zhuravleva and F.S. Izvekov

17] and N.I. Nikolaev [18], this phenomenon was not

[

recognized and spread in the educational process of the

University due to financial difficulties in the production of

video games and a cautious attitude to them on the part of

University teams. Initial success in this area is associated with

the home game console Magnavox Odyssey. The article of N.I.

Nikolaev [18] revealed the secrets of its success in the video

game market, due to the elementary simplicity and cheapness

of the design, as well as the availability of use. These features

have played their role in the console's long successful presence

in global video game markets.

7]; (b) active supporters of erasing the boundaries between the

. The Golden age of the video game industry the period

educational environment of the University and the video game

sphere of the gaming industry [2, 13, 14]; (c) supporters of the

game industry use in the educational environment of the

University as an innovative type of professional activity [2, 6,

from 1978 to 1983 is considered. As N.I. Nikolaev [18] notes

in his article, during this period, the main projects of arcade

video games were released, which formed a positive public

opinion about them, including among the University

community.

, 15, 16, 17].

Leading researchers [1-4, 6, 11, 12] note the special

. The video game industry crisis of 1983. Extended

significance of the resources of the gaming industry in

increasing the level of student motivation in training. The

effectiveness of these resources in the process of creating an

interactive model of interaction between the educational

environment of the University and the video game sphere in the

training of a new generation specialist is proved. During the

characteristics of the prerequisites and causes of the crisis,

alternative approaches to its assessment, are presented in the

works of D.E. Gasparyan [1], N.I. Nikolaev [18], Yu.F.

Shpakovsky and M.D. Danilyuk [19].

. As the works of N.S. Kozyr and A.V. Astakhova [2]; N.I.

Nikolaev [18] note the appearance of third-generation consoles

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marked the beginning of the era of forgetfulness of slot

machines as the main platform for video games. In the

development of video games, the era of 8-bit, 16-bit, 3D and

new game media, which are actively used by modern students

Section 6. Organizational and marketing. Functions:

implementation and management of product sales, negotiation,

communication development, promotion of the game in the

market, project management and research.

in the educational process, has begun.

Section

Community

managerial.

Functions:

. 2000 thousandth years. The era of VR games. Experts

implementation of interaction with the audience and consulting

the gamers.

of the 2000s refer to virtual games as technologies that are

ahead of the dreams of even science fiction writers.

Section

Engineering-technological.

Functions:

In the educational environment of the University, these

fantastic projects are implemented at the level of creating

virtual models of distance learning, digital campus and other

network projects, which confirms the direction of the

transformation of the gaming industry from entertainment to

interactive professional activities, having an urgent need to

train a new generation of specialists. In the 2000s, the term

gaming industry is being adapted by teachers and students as

an innovation to the conditions of the educational environment,

acquires the status of an educational category and becomes the

basic core of an interdisciplinary cycle of socio-professional

disciplines in the curricula of the University [5, 18].

implementation of diagnostics, correction of software

malfunctions.

Section 9. Information and communication. Functions:

communication with journalists, bloggers, PR managers, lets

players.

Section 10. Corrective. Functions: organization of work

with content after the game is implemented.

3.3 Interactive Model of Interaction between the Educational

Environment of the University and the Video Game Industry

in the Training of a New Generation Specialist

In the process of creating an interactive model, a holistic

approach is used to the educational goals, needs and interests

of the student in using the potential of video games as a

complete virtual world based on an understanding of its

fundamental properties and characteristics [10]. The

implementation of the holistic approach involves specific

requirements for compliance with the rules and requirements of

the organization of an interactive model of interaction between

the educational environment and the video game sphere in the

training of a new generation specialist.

.2 Structure and Content of the Classifier of Posts Functions

of a Video Game Specialist

The analysis of the personnel situation in the video game

industry in the educational environment of the University

indicates not only the crisis of specialists, but also the lack of a

legal framework in relation to them, since to date the list of

specialties of the game industry is not presented in the Unified

qualification directory of posts of managers, specialists and

other employees [20], there is no systematization, structure and

content of functions, and even a conceptual format. Among the

first works in this field of research interests is the article of N.S.

Kozyr and A.V. Astakhov [2], which presents a list of posts of

employees of the game industry of leading domestic and

foreign developer firms and their remuneration. In this

approach, the authors present the economic interest of video

game developers – a conflict of interest in the remuneration of

employees of domestic firms. In this study, given the trends in

the labor job market of video game industry, the pedagogical

monitoring of the shortage of personnel in this field of labor is

given, and the duties of professionals in demand in video game

sphere is systematized, the distribution of their structure and

content according to the objectives for effective use of video

game interaction sphere of game-industry and educational

environment of the University in training specialists of a new

generation is carried out.

Step 1. Creating an algorithm for rules and requirements:



setting a clear goal for interaction;

Concentration of the student's attention on certain game

options;



Compliance with direct and feedback between the

student, the educational environment and the video game

sphere.

Stage 2. Designing the content of an interactive model of

interaction between the educational environment of the

University and the video game sphere.

The methodological basis of the model is based on the ideas

of Octalysis developed by Y. Chou [12]. The term Octalysis is

derived from octagon and analysis. Unlike other models, the

Yu-Kai Chou model is more personalized, taking into account

the feelings, needs and motivation of the individual.

According to Yu-Kai Chou, there are eight main driving

forces of human motivation: (a) Epic Meaning & Calling -the

need for a sense of self-importance. (b) It manifests itself when

persons believe that they are doing something significant that

is superior to themselves, or they have been chosen to do

something important. (c) Development & Accomplishment -the

need to develop and achieve success as an internal urge, the

desire to develop their skills and progress, achieve mastery and

overcome difficulties. (d) Empowerment of Creativity &

Feedback – the need for the development of creative abilities.

It is expressed in involvement in the creative process, in which

they constantly create something new and try different

combinations. People feel the need to not only Express their

creativity, but also to see its results, get feedback, and change

in response. (f) Ownership & Possession-the need to own and

control something-either. It is manifested when a person feels

a sense of possession of something and seeks to exaggerate and

improve what he/she owns. (g) Social Influence & Relatedness-

the need for social connections and influence on other people.

(h) Scarcity & Impatience-the desire to get something, simply

because it is rare, exclusive, or unavailable now. The need is

related to the fact that when a person cannot get something right

now, they keep thinking about it constantly. (i) Unpredictability

Algorithm for structuring the classifier of posts functions

of a video game specialist.

Section 1. Analytical (diagnostic). The main functions of

analysts: constant and continuous monitoring of game

consumers and employees of the game Department to

determine the key, leading technologies in improving the

quality of the product.

Section 2. Organizational -Managerial. Functions:

coordinating the activities of various departments within the

developer team.

Section 3. Software

technological. Functions:

development and control of the game's software code, the main

strategy of the game, and the entire game process, including

key aspects of content and software hardware.

Section 4. Design. Functions: implementation of graphic

content of the game world, animation of 3D models, modeling

of characters, their attributes, and interior items.

Section 5. Producer. Functions: providing the game

concept with the necessary resources for the implementation of

the finished product, project support, monitoring and

organizing constant growth of all key indicators.

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Curiosity – curiosity and unpredictability. The need to be

that submitted work is original and has not been published

elsewhere in any language.

constantly involved because you do not know what is going to

happen next. (j) Loss & Avoidance-the desire to avoid negative

consequences and losses.

Stage 3. Criteria for implementing needs. The identified

needs are universal and generalized. In the course of the study,

it became necessary to divide them into two groups: left-

hemisphere (logic, analytical thinking) and right-hemisphere

Competing interests

The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest that

would prejudice the impartiality of this scientific work.

Authors’ contribution

All authors of this study have a complete contribution for

data collection, data analyses and manuscript writing.

(creativity, curiosity), as well as white (make us strong,

satisfied and fulfilled) and black (make us anxious, dependent

and obsessive). Each driving force of motivation corresponds

to individual game mechanics and techniques. For example,

techniques such as points, badges, and leaderboards, progress

indicators, quest lists, and boss battles are used to meet a

student's development needs and achieve success in the study.

To satisfy the student's curiosity, techniques were used - Easter

eggs, random and sudden rewards, mini-quests. The criteria

confirmed the effectiveness of the developed approaches.

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