Instructional Techniques to Facilitate Learning and Motivation of Serious Games

The book introduces techniques to improve the effectiveness of serious games in relation to cognition and motivation. These techniques include ways to improve motivation, collaboration, reflection, and the integration of gameplay into various contexts. The contributing authors expand upon this broad...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Wouters, Pieter (Editor), van Oostendorp, Herre (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
Series:Advances in Game-Based Learning
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Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
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Summary:The book introduces techniques to improve the effectiveness of serious games in relation to cognition and motivation. These techniques include ways to improve motivation, collaboration, reflection, and the integration of gameplay into various contexts. The contributing authors expand upon this broad range of techniques, show recent empirical research on each of these techniques that discuss their promise and effectiveness, then present general implications or guidelines that the techniques bring forth. They then suggest how serious games can be improved by implementing the respective technique into a particular game. .
Physical Description:VI, 218 p. 142 illus., 114 illus. in color. online resource.
ISBN:9783319392981