Training, sharing or cheating? Gamer strategies to get a digital upper hand

E-Learning

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 79-89

  Mortensen, Torill Elvira ^a  

^a Volda College   (Norway)

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EID: 77955597985     PISSN: 17418887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2304/elea.2010.7.1.79     Document Type: Article

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