Learning by pet-training competition: Alleviating negative influences of direction competition by training pets to compete in game-based environments

Proceedings - 10th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, ICALT 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 411-413

  Chen, Zhi Hong ^a   Calvin, C Y Liao ^a   Chan, Tak Wai ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Competition; Game based learning; Virtual pets

Indexed keywords

GAME SCENARIO; GAME-BASED LEARNING; NEGATIVE INFLUENCE; VIRTUAL PETS;

STUDENTS;

COMPETITION;

EID: 78049301664     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICALT.2010.119     Document Type: Conference Paper

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