Serious games for higher education: A framework for reducing design complexity

Journal of Computer Assisted Learning

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 420-432

  Westera, W ^a   Nadolski, R J ^a   Hummel, H G K ^a   Wopereis, I G J H ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Complex skills; Design framework; Higher education; Scenario based games; Serious games

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249116853     PISSN: 02664909     EISSN: 13652729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2729.2008.00279.x     Document Type: Article

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