Game engagement theory and adult learning

Simulation and Gaming

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 596-609

  Whitton, Nicola ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adult learning; challenge; control; engagement; flow; game based learning; higher education; immersion; interest; purpose

Indexed keywords

EID: 81755178461     PISSN: 10468781     EISSN: 1552826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1046878110378587     Document Type: Article

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