Using Games to Enhance Learning and Teaching: A Beginner's Guide

Using Games to Enhance Learning and Teaching: A Beginner's Guide

Using Games to Enhance Learning and Teaching: A Beginner's Guide

Nicola Whitton

Using Games to Enhance Learning and Teaching: A Beginner's Guide

Using Games to Enhance Learning and Teaching: A Beginner's Guide

Nicola Whitton

Overview

Using Games to Enhance Learning and Teaching offers a comprehensive solution, presenting five principles for games that can be embedded into traditional or online learning environments to enhance student engagement and interactivity. Extensive case studies explore specific academic perspectives, and featured insights from professional game designers show how educational games can be designed using readily accessible, low-end technologies, providing an explicit link between theory and practice. Practical in nature, the book has a sound theoretical base that draws from a range of international literature and research.

Authors

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Nicola Whitton