Digital Games and Learning - Softcover

 
9781441198709: Digital Games and Learning
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1441198709 ISBN 13: 9781441198709
Publisher: Continuum, 2011

Synopsis

The popularity of entertainment gaming over the last decades has led to the use of games for non-entertainment purposes in areas such as training and business support. The emergence of the serious games movement has capitalized on this interest in leisure gaming, with an increase in leisure game approaches in schools, colleges, universities and in professional training and continuing professional development.

The movement raises many significant issues and challenges for us. How can gaming and simulation technologies be used to engage learners? How can games be used to motivate, deepen and accelerate learning? How can they be used to greatest effect in learning and teaching? The contributors explore these and many other questions that are vital to our understanding of the paradigm shift from conventional learning environments to learning in games and simulations.

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About the Author

Sara de Freitas is Professor of Virtual Environments and Director of Research at the Serious Games Institute, University of Coventry, UK.<br />Paul Maharg is Professor of Legal Education at Northumbria University School of Law, UK.

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Publisher
Continuum
Publication date
2011
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1441198709
ISBN 13 
9781441198709
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
308
Editor
De Freitas Sara

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