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

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415897718 ISBN 13: 9780415897716

Verlag: Routledge, 2012

Inhaltsangabe

Until now, most teachers have lacked the resources and knowledge to create games that meet their needs. This book presents five principles that can be embedded into traditional or online learning and teaching to enhance engagement and interactivity.

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Nicola Whitton is a Research Fellow at Manchester Metropolitan University. She holds a doctorate in the use of educational games for learning and has recently led projects in the use of alternate reality games for student induction and gaming for older adults. More broadly, her research interests encompass learning and teaching innovation and the use of rich media and technology for learning.

Alex Moseley is an Educational Designer and University Teaching Fellow at the University of Leicester, where he has had long experience as both practitioner and researcher of course design and development for higher education. He has particular interests in online and distance education, games-based learning, museum education, student engagement, and provision of effective research skills. He designed a successful games-based approach to teaching Historical research skills, and was also part of the team behind the first charity ARG, Operation: Sleeper Cell.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Routledge
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0415897718
• ISBN 13: 9780415897716
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 234
• Herausgeber: Whitton Nicola, Moseley Alex
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: preigu GmbH & Co. KG; mail@preigu.de; ; Lengericher Landstr. 19; Osnabrück; Niedersachsen; 49078; Deutschland