Designing leadership and soft skills in educational games: The e-leadership and soft skills educational games design model (ELESS)

British Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 951-968

  De Freitas, Sara ^a   Routledge, Helen ^b  

^a Serious Games Institute   (United Kingdom)

^b Totem Learning ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESIGN MODELING; EDUCATIONAL GAME; GAME ENVIRONMENT; LEADERSHIP MODEL; LEADERSHIP SKILLS; RESEARCH PAPERS; RESEARCH QUESTIONS; SCIENTIFIC RESEARCHES;

LEARNING SYSTEMS; RESEARCH;

PERSONNEL TRAINING;

EID: 84886009850     PISSN: 00071013     EISSN: 14678535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjet.12034     Document Type: Article

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