Using computer games for instruction: The student experience

Active Learning in Higher Education

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 45-56

  Grimley, Michael ^a   Green, Richard ^a   Nilsen, Trond ^a   Thompson, David ^a   Tomes, Russell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

active learning; computer games; flow; instruction; learning; lecture; student experience

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953253925     PISSN: 14697874     EISSN: 17412625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1469787410387733     Document Type: Article

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