Game content creation and it proficiency: An exploratory study

Computers and Education

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 97-108

  Hayes, Elisabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Human computer interaction; Media in education; Teaching learning strategies

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT EXCHANGE; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

COMPUTER-RELATED SKILLS; TEACHING/LEARNING STRATEGIES;

GAME THEORY;

EID: 43549099956     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2007.04.002     Document Type: Article

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