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9780826421371

Digital Games and Learning

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  • ISBN13:

    9780826421371

  • ISBN10:

    0826421377

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2011-03-31
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

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Analyses the variety of play implemented within educational games and simulations and gives detailed examples of cutting-edge application in a wide range of disciplines.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments \ Notes on Contributors \ Foreword Henry Jenkins \ Introduction Sara de Freitas and Paul Maharg \ Part I: Theoria - Theoretical Positions \ 1. Digital Games and Learning: Modelling learning experiences in the digital age Paul Maharg and Sara de Freitas \ 2. Four-dimensional Consideration of Feedback in Serious Games Ian Dunwell, Sara de Freitas and Steve Jarvis \ 3. A Complex Systems Framework for Simulating Teaching and Learning David Gibson \ Part II: Cultura - Cultural Perspectives \ 4. Revolution: Experiential learning through virtual role play Russell Francis \ 5. Stealth Learning in Online Games Esther MacCallum-Stewart \ 6. Murder on Grimm Isle: The design of a game-based learning environment Michele Dickey \ 7. Are Games All Child's Play? Scot Osterweil and Eric Klopfer \ Part III: Praxis - Theory into practice \ 8. Constructions of Games, Teachers and Young People in Formal Learning Richard Sandford, Keri Facer and Ben Williamson \ 9. Games and Simulations in Informal Science Education Kurt Squire and Nathan J. Patterson \ 10. From Master to Games-Master: Managing disequilibrium and scaffolding in simulation-based learning Karen Barton and Patricia McKellar \ 11. Designing Serious Games for Cultural Heritage Purposes Francesco Bellotti, Riccardo Berta, Alessandro De Gloria, Giulia Panizza, Matteo Pellegrino and Ludovica Primavera \ Index

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