Can serious games engage the disengaged?

European Conference on Games Based Learning, ECGBL 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 37-46

  Brown, David ^a   Shopland, Nicholas ^a   Battersby, Steven ^a   Lewis, James ^a   Evett, Lindsay ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Effectiveness; Engagement; Serious games; Social inclusion

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; DESIGN; SCAFFOLDS; SPECIFICATIONS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EFFECTIVENESS; ENGAGEMENT; FIRST-PERSON PERSPECTIVES; FUNCTIONAL SPECIFICATION; LEARNING AND SKILLS COUNCILS; NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY; SERIOUS GAMES; SOCIAL INCLUSION;

TEACHING;

EID: 84897507843     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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