Heuristics evaluation strategy for mobile game-based learning

6th IEEE International Conference on Wireless, Mobile and Ubiquitous Technologies in Education, WMUTE 2010: Mobile Social Media for Learning and Education in Formal and Informal Settings

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 127-131

  Zaibon, Syamsul Bahrin ^a   Shiratuddin, Norshuhada ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI UTARA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Heuristics evaluation; MGBL; Mobile game; Mobile game based learning

Indexed keywords

EVALUATION STRATEGIES; LEARNING CONTENTS; LEARNING MEDIA; MOBILE GAMES;

EID: 77954481274     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WMUTE.2010.27     Document Type: Conference Paper

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