Assessment of a web-based learning game in an information systems course

Journal of Computer Information Systems

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 42-49

  Huang, Zhenyu ^a   Cappel, James J ^a  

^a CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Learning Games for IS instruction; Macromedia Flash; Online Learning; Web Authoring Tools

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL GENERATION; LEARNING GAME; MACROMEDIA FLASH; ON-LINE GAMES; ONLINE LEARNING; STUDENT LEARNING; WEB AUTHORING; WEB BASED LEARNING;

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; SURVEYS; WORLD WIDE WEB;

E-LEARNING;

EID: 24644514932     PISSN: 08874417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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