Track and feel: The effects of user-generated content on engagement and learning in video games

Proceedings of CGAMES 2013 USA - 18th International Conference on Computer Games: AI, Animation, Mobile, Interactive Multimedia, Educational and Serious Games

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 197-201

  Zhou, Yao ^a   Lindgren, Robb ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

engagement; learning; physilogical arousal; racing games; User generated content; video games

Indexed keywords

ENGAGEMENT; LEARNING; PHYSILOGICAL AROUSAL; RACING GAMES; USER-GENERATED CONTENT; VIDEO GAME;

ANIMATION; COMPUTER GAMES; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 84890364268     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CGames.2013.6632632     Document Type: Conference Paper

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