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Games : purpose and potential in education

Author: Christopher Thomas Miller
Publisher: New York : Springer, ©2008.
Edition/Format:   Print book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"Games: Purpose and Potential in Education focuses on the issues of incorporating games into education and instructional design. Ideas of identity development, gender diversity, motivation, and integrating instructional design within game development are addressed since each of these areas is important in the field of instructional design and can have a significant impact on learning." "This volume brings together  Read more...
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Genre/Form: Educational games
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Christopher Thomas Miller
ISBN: 9780387097749 0387097740 0387097759 9780387097756
OCLC Number: 244421124
Description: xiv, 259 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Contents: Rediscovering the Roots of Games in Education.- What Makes Games Compelling?.- Identity and Gaming.- Fair Game: Designing Games to Bridge the Gender Gap.- Games as a Learning Motivator.- Video Game Pedagogy.- Integrating Instructional Design with Game Development to Optimize Game-Based Learning.- Predicting the Future from Multiple Perspectives: Current Problems and Future Potential for Educational Games.
Responsibility: Christopher Thomas Miller, editor.

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The field of Games is rapidly expanding, prompting institutions throughout the world to create game development programs and courses focusing on educational games.  Read more...

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