Evaluating the potential of serious games: What can we learn from previous research on media effects and educational intervention?

Serious Games: Mechanisms and Effects

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 344-373

  Ennemoser, Marco ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 84909220780     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203891650     Document Type: Chapter

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