The design principles for flow experience in educational games

Procedia Computer Science

Volumn 15, Issue , 2012, Pages 78-91

  Kiili, Kristian ^a   De Freitas, Sara ^b   Arnab, Sylvester ^b   Lainema, Timo ^c  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b Faculty of Engineering and Computing   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Experience design; Game mechanics; Game based learning; Serious games; Technology enhanced learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893652426     PISSN: 18770509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.procs.2012.10.060     Document Type: Conference Paper

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