Massively Multi-user online Games: The emergence of effective collaborative activities for learning

Proceedings - 2nd IEEE International Conference on Digital Game and Intelligent Toy Enhanced Learning, DIGITEL 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 132-134

  Voulgari, Iro ^a   Komis, Vassilis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLABORATIVE ACTIVITIES; COLLABORATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING; EFFECTIVE INTERACTIONS; MULTI-USER; ON-LINE GAMES;

EDUCATION; GAME THEORY;

PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 67549119480     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/DIGITEL.2008.20     Document Type: Conference Paper

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