Exploring the influence of gender and gaming competence on attitudes towards using instructional games

British Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 97-109

  Bonanno, Philip ^a,b   Kommers, P A M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; SOFTWARE DESIGN; UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING;

DIGITAL GAMES; GAME DESIGN; SEMINAL WORKS;

GAME THEORY;

EID: 38149051273     PISSN: 00071013     EISSN: 14678535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8535.2007.00732.x     Document Type: Article

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