01951nas a2200181   4500000000100000008004100001100002200042700001600064700002000080700001700100700002600117700002500143700002200168245008000190300001400270520147100284020001401755       2015                            d1 aFrancesca Dagnino1 aMichela Ott1 aFrancesca Pozzi1 aErdal Yilmaz1 aFilareti Tsalakanidou1 aKosmas Dimitropoulos1 aNikos Grammalidis00aSerious games to support learning of rare  intangible  cultural expressions  a7184-71943 aThe paper deals with the adoption of Serious Games (SGs) in the specific area of Intangible Cultural Heritage Education (ICH). The transmission of some cultural expressions, like rare traditional singing or dancing, is more related to the acquisition of procedural knowledge (i.e. how to perform some tasks, like a dance step) rather than to declarative knowledge (i.e. knowledge that can be declared or stated through words or symbol systems, e.g. music notation). Coherently, so far knowledge in these areas has been transmitted mainly by observation or imitation of experts/performers in real contexts. Grounded on the research results in Game Based Learning and on the opportunity offered by cutting-edge sensor technologies, the i-Treasures project exploits the interesting potential of Serious Games in the ICH field. As a matter of fact, the capacity of games to train motor skills and to support sensorimotor learning, together with their ability to enhance engagement and motivation, are the main elements at the heart of our choice. In the paper, we discuss in depth the theoretical rationale behind the adoption of Serious Games i-Treasures, also in the light of their current use in Cultural Heritage Education. Furthermore, the paper describes the main game design principles adopted by the i-Treasures project to address the specificities of various artistic expressions and to make the games sound and effective tools to support practice and learning.  a2340-1079