Virtual worlds and the learner hero:How today's video games can inform tomorrow's digital learning environments

Theory and Research in Education

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 214-223

  Rigby, C Scott ^a   Przybylski, Andrew K ^b  

^a Immersyve Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

education; educational technology; motivation; video games

Indexed keywords

EID: 70149116907     PISSN: 14778785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1477878509104326     Document Type: Article

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