Wii can do it: Using co-design for creating an instructional game

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 4693-4698

  Walsh, Greg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Children's technology; Co design; Cooperative inquiry; Educational video games

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LEARNERS; CHILDREN'S TECHNOLOGY; CO-DESIGN; CO-DESIGNS; COOPERATIVE INQUIRY; EDUCATIONAL VIDEO GAMES; NATIONAL PARKS; NINTENDO WII; SUPPORT LEARNING; UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND;

ABSTRACTING; DESIGN; EDUCATION; GAME THEORY; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; HUMAN ENGINEERING; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; PARKS;

EDUCATION COMPUTING;

EID: 70349184905     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1520340.1520722     Document Type: Conference Paper

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