GREENIFY: A Real-World Action Game for Climate Change Education

Simulation and Gaming

Volumn 44, Issue 2-3, 2013, Pages 349-365

  Lee, Joey J ^a   Ceyhan, Pinar ^a   Jordan Cooley, William ^a   Sung, Woonhee ^a  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

accessibility; action based learning; actionable knowledge; civic action; climate change; crowdsourcing; design rationale; empathy based action; empowerment; engaging experience; gamification; informed action; peer generated user content; pilot study; positive peer pressure; real world action game; relevance; social networking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883474541     PISSN: 10468781     EISSN: 1552826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1046878112470539     Document Type: Article

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