Researching and developing serious games as interactive learning instructions

International Journal of Gaming and Computer-Mediated Simulations

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1-19

  Loh, Christian Sebastian ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Instructional development; Interactive learning instruction; Modding; Research methods; Serious games

Indexed keywords

BEST PRACTICE; INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES; INTERACTIVE LEARNING; RESEARCH COMMUNITIES; RESEARCH METHODS; SERIOUS GAMES;

ENGINEERS; RESEARCH;

EDUCATION COMPUTING;

EID: 78651542602     PISSN: 19423888     EISSN: 19423896     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jgcms.2009091501     Document Type: Article

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