Serious Games and Edutainment Applications

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Ma, Minhua (Editor), Oikonomou, Andreas (Editor), Jain, Lakhmi C. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London, 2011.
• Subjects: Computer science.; Education > Data processing.; Computer Science.; Computer Science, general.; Computers and Education.

The recent re-emergence of serious games as a branch of video games and as a promising frontier of education has introduced the concept of games designed for a serious purpose other than pure entertainment. To date the major applications of serious games include education and training, engineering,...