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Direct linkDormann, Claire; Biddle, Robert – Learning, Media & Technology, 2006
This paper focuses on the benefits and utilisation of humour in digital game-based learning. Through the activity theory framework, we emphasise the role of humour as a mediating tool which helps resolve contradictions within the activity system from conjoining educational objectives within the computer game. We then discuss the role of humour…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Humor, Teaching Methods, Computers
