Interactive story authoring: A viable form of creative expression for the classroom

Computers and Education

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 687-707

  Carbonaro, Mike ^a   Cutumisu, Maria ^a   Duff, Harvey ^a   Gillis, Stephanie ^b   Onuczko, Curtis ^a   Siegel, Jeff ^a   Schaeffer, Jonathan ^a   Schumacher, Allan ^a   Szafron, Duane ^a   Waugh, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Edmonton Catholic Schools   (Canada)

Author keywords

Interactive story authoring; Neverwinter Nights; Role playing games; Scripting

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; PERSONNEL TRAINING; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

INTERACTIVE STORY AUTHORING; NEVERWINTER NIGHTS; ROLE-PLAYING GAMES; SCRIPTING;

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EID: 43849110903     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2007.07.007     Document Type: Article

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