Designing games for learning: Insights from conversations with designers

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Volumn 3, Issue , 2010, Pages 2041-2044

  Isbister, Katherine ^a   Flanagan, Mary ^b   Hash, Chelsea ^a  

^a POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

appreciation system; design patterns; design practice; game design; games and education; games for learning

Indexed keywords

DESIGN PRACTICE; EDUCATION GAME; GAME DESIGN; GAME DESIGNERS; SYSTEM DESIGN;

HUMAN ENGINEERING;

DESIGN;

EID: 77953992145     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1753326.1753637     Document Type: Conference Paper

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