Engaging online students through the gamification of learning materials: The present and the future

30th Annual conference on Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education, ASCILITE 2013

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 573-577

  McGrath, Naomi ^a   Bayerlein, Leopold ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alternate reality Gaming; Gamification; Learning design; Scenario based learning; User engagement

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION COMPUTING; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); STUDENTS;

ALTERNATE REALITY GAMING; GAMIFICATION; LEARNING DESIGNS; SCENARIO-BASED LEARNING; USER ENGAGEMENT;

E-LEARNING;

EID: 84913542794     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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