Engaging by design: How engagement strategies in popular computer and video games can inform instructional design

Educational Technology Research and Development

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 67-83

  Dickey, Michee D ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 18944397061     PISSN: 10421629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02504866     Document Type: Article

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