Evaluation of an immersive learning programme to support triage training: In-game feedback and its effect on learning transfer

Proceedings of the 2009 Conference in Games and Virtual Worlds for Serious Applications, VS-GAMES 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 117-122

  Jarvis, Steve ^a   De Freitas, Sara ^b  

^a SELEX Systems Integration Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Feedback; Learning transfer; Serious games

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT ACTIVITIES; COMPUTER GAME; EVALUATION; IMMERSIVE LEARNING; LEARNING TRANSFER; MASS CASUALTY; MEASURES OF PERFORMANCE; REDUCED COMPLEXITY; SERIOUS GAMES; TABLE-TOP;

EDUCATION;

GAME THEORY;

EID: 70350170627     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/VS-GAMES.2009.31     Document Type: Conference Paper

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