Digital Games in eLearning Environments: Current Uses and Emerging Trends

Simulation & Gaming

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 669-687

  Moreno Ger, Pablo ^a   Burgos, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Atos Origin   (Spain)

Author keywords

adaptation; assessment; collaborative learning; debriefing; educational games; educational process; eLearning; game based learning; learning design; learning management system; learning object model; learning styles; personalized learning; SCORM; social network; standardization; virtual learning environment; virtual world

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993767725     PISSN: 10468781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1046878109340294     Document Type: Article

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