Exploring the learning mechanism in educational games

Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Technology Interfaces, ITI

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 357-362

  Kiili, Kristian ^a   Ketamo, Harri ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Educational game; Game design; Learning by teaching; Problem based learning; Reflection

Indexed keywords

GAME THEORY; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PHASE INTERFACES; PHOTOELECTRIC RELAYS; TECHNOLOGY;

CONCEPT LEARNING; EDUCATIONAL GAME; EDUCATIONAL GAMES; ENGINE MODELING; ENHANCE LEARNING; GAME DESIGN; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; LEARNING BY TEACHING; LEARNING MECHANISMS; LEARNING PROCESSES; PROBLEM-BASED; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REFLECTION; REFLECTION PHASE;

EDUCATION;

EID: 48349119618     PISSN: 13301012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ITI.2007.4283796     Document Type: Conference Paper

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