Serious games and virtual worlds in education, professional development, and healthcare [electronic resource] / Klaus Bredl and Wolfgang B�osche, editors.

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Publication details: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2013.Description: electronic texts (312 p.) : digital filesISBN:

9781466636743 (ebook)

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371.33/44678 23

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LB1044.87 .S48 2013e

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Concepts behind serious games and computer-based trainings in health care: immersion, presence, flow / Jana Birkenbusch, Oliver Christ -- Balancing instruction and construction in virtual world learning / Alke Martens, Dennis Maciuszek -- Not in my class you don't!: the naive association of video games with aggression as a hindrance to their use in education / Christopher J. Ferguson -- Authoring of serious games for education / Florian Mehm, Christian Reuter, Stefan G�obel -- Personalized, adaptive digital educational games using narrative game-based learning objects / Stefan G�obel, Florian Mehm -- Collaborative learning and game mastering in multiplayer games / Johannes Konert ... [et al.] -- Evaluation of serious games / Stefan G�obel, Michael Gutjahr, Sandro Hardy -- Social presence in virtual world interviews / Elizabeth Dean (RTI International, USA), Joe Murphy (RTI International, USA), Sarah Cook -- Engaging classes in a virtual world / Sue Gregory -- Gaming in school: factors influencing the use of serious games in public schools in Middle Germany / Daniel Schultheiss, Maike Helm -- Quantitative analysis of voice and keyboard chat in a paper presentation seminar in a virtual world / Michael Gutjahr, Wolfgang B�osche -- Serious games as an instrument of non-formal learning: a review of web-based learning experiences on the issue of renewable energy / Steffen Winny -- Serious games and motor learning: concepts, evidence, technology / Josef Wiemeyer, Sandro Hardy -- Clinical virtual worlds: the wider implications for professional development in healthcare / LeRoy Heinrichs, Li Fellander-Tsai, Dick Davies -- Play yourself fit: exercise + videogames = exergames / Hannah R. Marston, Philip A. McClenaghan -- Exergames for elderly persons: physical exercise software based on motion tracking within the framework of ambient assisted living / Oliver Korn ... [et al.] -- Social inclusion through virtual worlds / Hein de Graaf -- Massively multiplayer online role playing games for health communication in Brazil / Marcelo Sim�ao de Vasconcellos, Inesita Soares de Ara�ujo.

Abstract: "This book explains how digital environments can easily become familiar and beneficial for educational and professional development, with the implementation of games into various aspects of our environment"--Provided by publisher.

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