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Tang, Stephen; Hanneghan, Martin; Carter, Christopher – Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 2013
Game-based learning (GBL) combines pedagogy and interactive entertainment to create a virtual learning environment in an effort to motivate and regain the interest of a new generation of "digital native" learners. However, this approach is impeded by the limited availability of suitable "serious" games and high-level design…
Descriptors: Models, Engineering, Instructional Design, Computer Games
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Landwehr, Peter; Spraragen, Marc; Ranganathan, Balki; Carley, Kathleen M.; Zyda, Michael – Simulation & Gaming, 2013
In this article, the authors discuss the development of the "Sudan Game," an interactive model of the country in the time period leading up to the Sudanese referendum on the secession of the South. While many simulations are designed to educate about their subjects, the "Sudan Game" is intended to be a prototype for policy…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Games, Public Policy, Policy Formation
Johnson, L.; Adams Becker, S.; Cummins, M.; Estrada, V.; Meira, A. – New Media Consortium, 2012
This report reflects a collaborative research effort to help inform Brazilian educational leaders about significant developments in technologies supporting teaching, learning, and creative inquiry in primary and secondary education. In an effort that ran from August through October 2012, a carefully selected group of 30 experts considered hundreds…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
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Utsumi, Takeshi; Mogalhaes, Maria Rosa Abreu – Educational Media International, 1993
Describes accomplishments of the Global Systems Analysis and Simulation (GLOSAS) project from 1973 to the present, including a system for global peace gaming. The capabilities of interactive multimedia to link people across political and geographic boundaries for joint study, debate, research, planetary problem solving, and political action are…
Descriptors: Computer Games, Computer Networks, Computer Simulation, Foreign Countries
Stansberry, Domenic – NewMedia, 1995
Discusses the integration of CD-ROMs with online service producers. Highlights include publishing; LucasFilm's Habitat project; programs through Prodigy, CompuServe, America Online, and Philips Media; hybrid links to Internet sites; multiplayer games; virtual chat with avatars; and problems, including CD-ROM's slowness, download time, storage…
Descriptors: Computer Games, Computer Networks, Computer Software, Downloading
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Stanfel, Julie – Educational Media International, 1994
The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) is focusing on interactive and multimedia technologies, within the framework of a virtual commons, to promote the study of people, their environments, and their resources. (AEF)
Descriptors: Community Development, Computer Games, Computer Networks, Educational Development
Koch, Melissa – TECHNOS, 1994
Discusses girls' use of computers and examines why they are often discouraged and lose interest. Topics addressed include the issue of gender; gender bias in computer games; use of the Internet; exposure to technology; girls' preferences; educational reform; choosing software; technology programs for girls; all-girl classrooms; and role models.…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Games, Computer Networks, Computer Science Education