A review of mobile location-based games for learning across physical and virtual spaces

Journal of Universal Computer Science

Volumn 18, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 2120-2142

  Avouris, Nikolaos ^a   Yiannoutsou, Nikoleta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Gamebased learning; Informal learning; Location based games; Mobile games; Mobile learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871313127     PISSN: 0948695X     EISSN: 09486968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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