Evaluating games-based learning

International Journal of Virtual and Personal Learning Environments

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 57-71

  Hainey, Thomas ^a   Connolly, Thomas ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b Scottish Centre for Enabling Technologies   (United Kingdom)

^c Centre of Excellence in Games based Learning   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Empirical Evidence; Evaluation; Games Based Learning; Pedagogy; Requirements Collection and Analysis; Serious Gaming; Software Engineering

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874468225     PISSN: 19478518     EISSN: 19478526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jvple.2010091705     Document Type: Article

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