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FPLAY
2008
13 years 6 months ago
A framework for games literacy and understanding games
Based on research that studied the challenges and difficulties faced by students taking games studies and game design courses, we propose that, while many students enrolled in gam...
José Pablo Zagal
CHI
2010
ACM
13 years 11 months ago
Let's play chinese characters: mobile learning approaches via culturally inspired group games
In many developing countries such as India and China, low educational levels often hinder economic empowerment. In this paper, we argue that mobile learning games can play an impo...
Feng Tian, Fei Lv, Jingtao Wang, Hongan Wang, Wenc...
CSCL
2010
12 years 11 months ago
Using activity theory to understand intergenerational play: The case of Family Quest
We implemented a five-week family program called Family Quest where parents and children ages 9 to 13 played Quest Atlantis, a multiuser 3D educational computer game, at a local af...
Sinem Siyahhan, Sasha A. Barab, Michael P. Downton
ACMACE
2007
ACM
13 years 8 months ago
Understanding social interaction in world of warcraft
Research has argued that social interaction is a primary driving force for gamers to continue to play Massive Multiple Online Role Playing Games (MMORPGs). However, one recent stu...
Vivian Hsueh-hua Chen, Henry Been-Lirn Duh
AAMAS
2010
Springer
13 years 4 months ago
Teaching a pet-robot to understand user feedback through interactive virtual training tasks
Abstract In this paper, we present a human-robot teaching framework that uses "virtual" games as a means for adapting a robot to its user through natural interaction in a...
Anja Austermann, Seiji Yamada