UID:
almahu_9947420831602882
Format:
PDFs (492 pages).
ISBN:
9781466647749
Content:
"As the widespread use of digital entertainment has changed not only the ways in which we spend our leisure time but also how we learn and communicate, Serious Games have emerged as an effective tool for the purpose of learning, skill acquisition, and training. This book offers empirical evidence for the effectiveness of Serious Games in the key areas of psychology, pedagogy, and assessment"--Provided by publisher.
Note:
Psychological aspects of serious games / Elizabeth Boyle -- Executive functions in digital games / Elizabeth Boyle, Melody M. Terras, Judith Ramsay, James M. E. Boyle -- The road to critical thinking and intelligence analysis / Michel Rudnianski, Milos Kravcik -- Time factor assessment in game-based learning: time perspective and time-on-task as individual differences between players / Mireia Usart, Margarida Romero -- Neurofeedback and serious games / Manuel Ninaus, Matthias Witte, Silvia E. Kober, Elisabeth V. C. Friedrich, Jürgen Kurzmann, Erwin Hartsuiker, Christa Neuper, Guilherme Wood -- Disrupting the magic circle: the impact of negative social gaming behaviours / Bernd Remmele, Nicola Whitton -- Non-player characters and artificial intelligence / Gonçalo Pereira, António Brisson, João Dias, André Carvalho, Joana Dimas, Samuel Mascarenhas, Joana Campos, Marco Vala, Iolanda Leite, Carlos Martinho, Rui Prada, Ana Paiva -- Individual differences in the enjoyment and effectiveness of serious games / Dawn G. Blasko, Heather C. Lum, Matthew M. White, Holly Blasko Drabik -- Rhetoric of play: utilizing the gamer factor in selecting and training employees / Ben Tran -- Games and social networks / Yulia Bachvarova, Stefano Bocconi -- What is the "learning" in games-based learning? / Karen Orr, Carol McGuinness -- Games for and by teachers and learners / Peter van Rosmalen, Amanda Wilson, Hans G.K. Hummel -- A randomised controlled trial to evaluate learning effectiveness using an adaptive serious game to teach SQL at higher education level / Thomas Hainey, Mario Soflano, Thomas M. Connolly -- The quest for a massively multiplayer online game that teaches physics / Ricardo Javier Rademacher Mena -- Assessment integration in serious games / Thomas Hainey, Thomas M. Connolly, Yaëlle Chaudy, Elizabeth Boyle, Richard Beeby, Mario Soflano -- A Case for integration: assessment and games / Alex Moseley -- A brief methodology for researching and evaluating serious games and game-based learning / Igor Mayer, Geertje Bekebrede, Harald Warmelink, Qiqi Zhou -- Study design and data gathering guide for serious games' evaluation / Jannicke Baalsrud Hauge, Elizabeth Boyle, Igor Mayer, Rob Nadolski, Johann C. K. H. Riedel, Pablo Moreno-Ger, Francesco Bellotti, Theodore Lim, James Ritchie.
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Also available in print.
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 1466647736
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781466647732
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4018/978-1-4666-4773-2
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