The QUARTIC process model to support serious games development for contextualized competence-based learning and assessment

Handbook of Research on Serious Games as Educational, Business and Research Tools

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 491-519

  Cowley, Ben ^a   Bedek, Michael ^b   Ribeiro, Claudia ^c   Heikura, Tuija ^a   Petersen, Sobah Abbas ^d  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c INESC ID   (Portugal)

^d SINTEF TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY   (Norway)

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EID: 84867606081     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-0149-9.ch025     Document Type: Chapter

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