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Gee, J. P. – Innovate: Journal of Online Education, 2005
A good instructional game, like many good commercial games, should be built around what the author calls "authentic professionalism." In such games, skills, knowledge, and values are distributed between the virtual characters and the real-world player in a way that allows the player to experience first-hand how members of that profession think,…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Video Games, Cognitive Psychology, Video Technology