Cheating in virtual worlds: Transgressive designs for learning

On the Horizon

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 12-20

  Kafai, Yasmin B ^a   Fields, Deborah A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cheating; Indoor games; Internet; Learning; Sciences

Indexed keywords

EID: 59849083865     PISSN: 10748121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/10748120910936117     Document Type: Article

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