Making educational computer games "Educational"

Proceedings of: Interaction Design and Children 2005, IDC 2005

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 56-61

  Fisch, Shalom M ^a  

^a MediaKidz Research and Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer games; Content; Design; Education

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER GAME; CONTENT DESIGN; EDUCATIONAL COMPUTER GAME; EDUCATIONAL CONTENTS; INTERACTIVE GAMES; REAL-LIFE GAMES; REAL-WORLD;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; EDUCATION;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 46449122790     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1109540.1109548     Document Type: Conference Paper

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