Development of a general framework for evaluating games-based learning

Proceedings of the European Conference on Games-based Learning

Volumn 2008-January, Issue , 2008, Pages 105-114

  Connolly, Thomas ^a   Stansfield, Mark ^a   Hainey, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deployment; Evaluation; Framework; Games based learning; Pedagogy; Scaffolding; Social presence; Usability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938594330     PISSN: 20490992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Review

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