From mmorpg to a classroom multiplayer presential role playing game

Educational Technology and Society

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 257-269

  Susaeta, Heinz ^a   Jimenez, Felipe ^a   Nussbaum, Miguel ^a   Gajardo, Ignacio ^a   Andreu, Juan José ^a   Villalta, Marco ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Classroom; Learning; MMOG; Multiplayer game; Virtual worlds

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958084253     PISSN: 11763647     EISSN: 14364522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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