Educational playability analyzing player experiences in educational video games

ACHI 2012 - 5th International Conference on Advances in Computer-Human Interactions

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 326-335

  Ibrahim, Amer ^a   Vela, Francisco Luis Gutiérrez ^a   Sánchez, José Luis González ^a   Zea, Natalia Padilla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Educational video game; Playability; Player experience

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL TOOLS; EDUCATIONAL VIDEO GAMES; EDUTAINMENT; EFFECTIVE TOOL; MOTIVATION AND ENGAGEMENTS; PLAYABILITY; PLAYER EXPERIENCE; VIDEO GAME;

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; MOTIVATION; TOOLS;

EDUCATION;

EID: 84873197461     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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