A new paradigm for serious games: Transmedia learning for more effective training and education

Journal of Computational Science

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 471-481

  Raybourn, Elaine M ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Data mining; MOOC; Serious games; Social media; Storytelling; Transmedia campaigns; Transmedia learning; XAPI

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; DATA MINING; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERNET; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

MOOC; SERIOUS GAMES; SOCIAL MEDIA; STORYTELLING; TRANSMEDIA CAMPAIGNS; TRANSMEDIA LEARNING; XAPI;

LEARNING SYSTEMS;

EID: 84901285651     PISSN: 18777503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocs.2013.08.005     Document Type: Article

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