Creating a design framework for educational language games utilizing hybrid media

Proceedings of CGAMES 2009 USA - 14th International Conference on Computer Games: AI, Animation, Mobile, Interactive Multimedia, Educational and Serious Games

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 81-89

  Paavilainen, Janne ^a   Saarenpää, Hannamari ^a   Seisto, Anu ^b   Federley, Maija ^b  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b KCL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Design framework; Educational games; Game design; Hybrid media; Language learning; Video games

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER GAMES; DESIGN; EDUCATION; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS;

DESIGN FRAMEWORKS; EDUCATIONAL GAME; GAME DESIGN; HYBRID MEDIA; LANGUAGE LEARNING; VIDEO GAME;

ANIMATION;

EID: 84860771027     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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