Learning=playing: Interactive learning with game-based design principles

Publication Type  Conference Paper
Year of Publication  2005
Authors  Fladen, E; Blashki, K.
Conference Name  Balance, Fidelity, Mobility: Maintaining the Momentum?
Conference Start Date  05/12/2007
Publisher  Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCiLiTE)
Conference Location  Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Key Words  Game analysis; game design
Abstract  

This paper explores the rapid escalation of demand for information in both complex and
convergent forms of accessible technology. The authors contend that this growth creates a
concomitant demand for a highly skilled information technology workforce. To ensure the
preservation and continued development of this workforce, education of the information
technology professional is increasingly acknowledged as one of the primary challenges
confronting educators and educational institutions. Many institutions have sought solutions to
this educational conundrum in populist concepts of e-learning

URL  http://www.ascilite.org.au/conferences/brisbane05/blogs/proceedings/25_Fladen.pdf

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