Serious game-based and nongame-based online courses: Learning experiences and outcomes

British Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 372-385

  Hess, Taryn ^a   Gunter, Glenda ^b  

^a 21st Century Learning Solutions   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT; EDUCATIONAL GAME; INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGNER; INTRINSIC MOTIVATION; LEARNING EXPERIENCES; ONLINE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; STUDENT MOTIVATION; STUDENT PERFORMANCE;

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; EDUCATION COMPUTING; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; LEARNING SYSTEMS; MOTIVATION; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

E-LEARNING;

EID: 84876100346     PISSN: 00071013     EISSN: 14678535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjet.12024     Document Type: Article

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