Learning by gaming - Evaluation of an online game for children

2010 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC'10

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 2951-2954

  Lazareck, Lisa J ^a   Farrell, David ^a   Kostkova, Patty ^a   Lecky, Donna M ^b   McNulty, Cliodna A M ^b   Weerasinghe, Dasun ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b GLOUCESTERSHIRE ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE GROUPS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; COMPUTER GAME; EDUCATIONAL GAME; EHEALTH; GLOUCESTER; LEARNING OBJECTIVES; LEARNING OPPORTUNITY; ON-LINE GAMES; RESEARCH CENTRES;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHM; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER LANGUAGE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERNET; LEARNING; METHODOLOGY; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; RECREATION; TEACHING; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHMS; CHILD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERNET; LEARNING; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; SOFTWARE; TEACHING; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 78650811189     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2010.5626257     Document Type: Conference Paper

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