Improving the impact and return of investment of game-based learning

International Journal of Virtual and Personal Learning Environments

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-15

  Loh, Christian Sebastian ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Game Based Learning; In Situ Data Collection; Information Trails; Telemetry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887465731     PISSN: 19478518     EISSN: 19478526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jvple.2013010101     Document Type: Article

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