Motivation and computer game based learning

ASCILITE 2007 - The Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1063-1067

  Whitton, Nicola ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Game based learning; Motivation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER GAME; EDUCATIONAL TOOLS; GAME-BASED LEARNING; HIGHER EDUCATION; IN-DEPTH INTERVIEWS; STUDENT MOTIVATION;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; MOTIVATION;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84870976768     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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