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ERIC Number: EJ611767
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-1962
Virtual Games for Real Learning: Learning Online with Serious Fun.
Jasinski, Marie; Thiagarajan, Sivasailam
Educational Technology, v40 n4 p61-63 Jul-Aug 2000
Focuses on the use of e-mail games for learning. Discusses terminology; reasons for using virtual games; promoting person-to-person interaction online; how to play an e-mail game, including three examples of specific games; player reactions; design components; the functions for facilitating an e-mail game; and the game as an excuse for debriefing. (AEF)
Descriptors: Computer Games, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Software, Electronic Mail, Games, Internet, Learning Activities, Online Systems, Teaching Methods, Virtual Reality
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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