Constructionist learning in anatomy education: What anatomy students can learn through serious games development

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 7528 LNCS, Issue , 2012, Pages 43-58

  Ma, Minhua ^a   Bale, Kim ^a   Rea, Paul ^b  

^a GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

anatomy education; constructionist learning; game development; game engines; human anatomy; medical education; Serious games

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTIONIST LEARNING; GAME DEVELOPMENT; GAME ENGINE; HUMAN ANATOMY; SERIOUS GAMES;

MEDICAL EDUCATION; SOFTWARE DESIGN; TEACHING; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84867616870     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-33687-4_4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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