Computer Games and Team and Individual Learning
Harry F O´neil
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Description for Computer Games and Team and Individual Learning
hardcover. Documents research on the impact of computer games on the learning of adults. Designed for professionals in the gaming, simulation, assessment and evaluation, educational technology, and educational psychology communities, this book explores the use of computer game technology for teaching and measurement of learning in adults. Editor(s): O'Neil, Harry; Perez, Ray S. Num Pages: 338 pages. BIC Classification: JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 165 x 29. Weight in Grams: 712.
Documents research on the impact of computer games on the learning of adults. Computer games and learning are characterized from a series of different theoretical and empirical viewpoints. Both civilian sector and military applications are presented. While effectiveness of game environments to support learning can be documented in terms of intensity and longevity of engagement (participants voting with their time), as well as the commercial success of the games, there is much less solid empirical information about what instructional outcomes are systematically achieved by the playing of individual and multiplayer games. This book will address these issues. Designed for professionals ... Read more
Documents research on the impact of computer games on the learning of adults. Computer games and learning are characterized from a series of different theoretical and empirical viewpoints. Both civilian sector and military applications are presented. While effectiveness of game environments to support learning can be documented in terms of intensity and longevity of engagement (participants voting with their time), as well as the commercial success of the games, there is much less solid empirical information about what instructional outcomes are systematically achieved by the playing of individual and multiplayer games. This book will address these issues. Designed for professionals ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Emerald Group Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
338
Condition
New
Number of Pages
338
Place of Publication
Kidlington, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780080453439
SKU
V9780080453439
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99-50
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