"Age of Computers:" An innovative combination of history and computer game elements for teaching computer fundamentals

Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE

Volumn 3, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Natvig, Lasse ^a   Line, Steinar ^a   Djupdal, Asbjørn ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Collaborative learning; Distance learning; Educational Computer Game; Edutainment; Learning by doing

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; COMPUTER SCIENCE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; COMPUTERS; DISTANCE EDUCATION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

COMPUTER GAMES; EDUCATIONAL COMPUTER GAME; EDUTAINMENT; LEARNING BY DOING;

TEACHING;

EID: 21644485356     PISSN: 15394565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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