Leveraging mobile games for place-based language learning

International Journal of Game-Based Learning

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 1-18

  Holden, Christopher L ^a   Sykes, Julie M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Augmented reality; Design based research; Gameplay; Place based mobile games; Second language acquisition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862096618     PISSN: 21556849     EISSN: 21556857     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/ijgbl.2011040101     Document Type: Article

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