Learning when serious: Psychophysiological evaluation of a technology-enhanced learning game

Educational Technology and Society

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-16

  Cowley, Ben ^a,b   Fantato, Martino ^a   Jennett, Charlene ^c   Ruskov, Martin ^c   Ravaja, Niklas ^a,b,d  

^a HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d HELSINKI INSTITUTE FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Competence development; Evaluation; Heart rate variability; Mental workload; Psychophysiology; Serious games; Technology enhanced learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894754253     PISSN: 11763647     EISSN: 14364522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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