All work and no play: Measuring fun, usability, and learning in software for children

Computers and Education

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 235-248

  Sim, Gavin ^a   MacFarlane, Stuart ^a   Read, Janet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elementary education; Evaluation methodologies; Human computer interface; Multimedia

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL MOTION PICTURES; GAME THEORY; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; SURVEYING INSTRUMENTS; USABILITY ENGINEERING;

ELEMENTARY EDUCATION; EVALUATION METHODOLOGIES; HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERFACE; MULTIMEDIA;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 31144434568     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2005.11.021     Document Type: Article

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