Games-based learning advancements for multi-sensory human computer interfaces techniques and effective practices /

• Corporate Author: IGI Global.
• Other Authors: Connolly, Thomas, 1957-, Stansfield, Mark, 1963-, Boyle, Liz.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2009.
• Subjects: Educational games.; Computer games.; Human-computer interaction.; Content integration in games-based learning; Digital board games; Game-based learning in the classroom; Games-based learning evaluation framework; Games-based learning systems; Pedagogy and technology; Profiling users in educational games; Role-playing in learning; Student perceptions of game-based learning; Virtual environments for learning
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"This book provides an extensive treatment of the field of games-based learning, providing a presentation of what we know about the subject, where the key challenges lie, and some of the approaches to addressing these key challenges"--Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction to games-based learning / Stephen Tang, Martin Hanneghan, Abdennour El Rhalibi
• 2. Learning and teaching with computer games in higher education / Nicola Whitton
• 3. Multi-user virtual environments for learning meet learning management / Daniel Livingstone ... [et al.]
• 4. Observation as a requisite for game-based learning environments / Jean-Charles Marty, Thibault Carron, Jean-Mathias Heraud
• 5. Content integration in games-based learning systems / Marco A. Gómez-Martín, Pedro P. Gómez-Martín, Pedro A. González-Calero
• 6. Drawing circles in the sand : integrating content into serious games / Matt Seeney, Helen Routledge
• 7. The DODDEL Model : a flexible document-oriented model for the design of serious games / Mark McMahon
• 8. Games-based learning, destination feedback and adaptation : a case study of an educational planning simulation / Daniel Burgos, Christof van Nimwegen, K.U. Leuven
• 9. Profiling users in educational games / Patrick Felicia, Ian Pitt
• 10. The use of role playing in learning / Marco Greco
• 11. Telling stories with digital board games : narrative game worlds in literacies learning / Sanna-Mari Tikka ... [et al.]
• 12. The path between pedagogy and technology : establishing a theoretical basis for the development of educational game environments / Colin Price
• 13. Towards a development approach to serious games / Sara de Freitas, Steve Jarvis
• 14. Current practices in serious game research : a review from a learning outcomes perspective / Pieter Wouters, Erik D. van der Spek, Herre van Oostendorp
• 15. Towards the development of a games-based learning evaluation framework / Thomas Connolly, Mark Stansfield, Thomas Hainey
• 16. Games-based learning in the classroom and how it can work! / Helen Routledge
• 17. Games for learning : does gender make a difference? / Elizabeth A. Boyle, Thomas Connolly
• 18. Digital games-based learning for students with intellectual disability / Maria Saridaki, Dimitris Gouscos, Michael G. Meimaris.