The use of augmented reality games in education: a review of the literature

Educational Media International

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 253-271

  Koutromanos, George ^a   Sofos, Alivisos ^b   Avraamidou, Lucy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NICOSIA   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

augmented reality games; formal and informal environments of learning; mobile devices

Indexed keywords

EID: 84959206121     PISSN: 09523987     EISSN: 14695790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09523987.2015.1125988     Document Type: Article

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