A Serious Game Platform to Train Teachers on Cyberbullying Prevention and Response

Cyberbullying is a pressing issue in today’s society due to advancing technology and increasing reliance on it. To tackle this problem, we created a social simulation serious game aimed at teachers as a visual novel format. As the player, the teacher navigates a school populated with social agents, all taking place on an online platform designed for a blended learning teacher training program. This approach aims to assess the value of gamification in shaping formative content and improving teacher training related to cyberbullying. Following encouraging testing and validation, we developed editing tools allowing to extend the game and platform, enabling the creation of tailored cyberbullying training programs with various emotional elements, suited to various school cultures or alternative subjects. This paper presents our serious game and online platform.