Game design and learning: A conjectural analysis of how massively multiple online role-playing games (MMORPGs) foster intrinsic motivation

Educational Technology Research and Development

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 253-273

  Dickey, Michele D ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer games; Intrinsic motivation; Learning environments; Narrative

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250356877     PISSN: 10421629     EISSN: 15566501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11423-006-9004-7     Document Type: Article

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