Augmented Learning: Research and Design of Mobile Educationa Games

Klopfer, Eric

ISBN 10: 0262113155 / ISBN 13: 9780262113151

Edité par The MIT Press, Cambridge, 2008

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Octavo. Black cloth covered boards and spine with shiny silver foil lettering on the spine. Book has a nearly unnoticable bump at the head and tail of the spine. White endpapers. Binding is straight and tight. Pages are all clean, white, and crisp. 251 pages. Dust Jacket has light rubbing at the head and tail of the spine and just the faintest trace of rubbing at the extreme tips of the two upper outside corners. Spine is sunned - two tone blue has become two tone gray; white lettering is still pretty easy to read, but doesn't have the contrast it once did. Illustrated with charts, graphs, etc.

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• Titre: Augmented Learning: Research and Design of Mobile Educationa Games
• Éditeur: The MIT Press, Cambridge
• Date de parution: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0262113155
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780262113151
• Reliure: Hard Cover
• Édition: First Edition, First Printing.
• État de l'article: VG+
• État de la jaquette: NF
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Science & Nature

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Synopsis

An overview of mobile learning games that argues for the educational advantages of handheld games over their big-screen counterparts.

New technology has brought with it new tools for learning, and research has shown that the educational potential of video games resonates with scholars, teachers, and students alike. In Augmented Learning, Eric Klopfer describes the largely untapped potential of mobile learning games—games played on such handheld devices as cell phones, Game Boys, and Sony PSPs—to make a substantial impact on learning. Examining mobile games from both educational and gaming perspectives, Klopfer argues that the strengths of the mobile platform—its portability, context sensitivity, connectivity, and ubiquity—make it ideal for learning games in elementary, secondary, university, and lifelong education. Klopfer begins by exploring the past and present of education, educational technology, “edutainment,” and mobile games, and then offers a series of case studies of mobile educational games that have been developed and implemented in recent years. These games—either participatory (which require interaction with other players) or augmented reality (which augment the real world with virtual information)—can be produced at lower cost than PC or full-size console games. They use social dynamics and real-world context to enhance game play, they can be integrated into the natural flow of instruction more easily than their big-screen counterparts, and they can create compelling educational and engaging environments for learners. They are especially well-suited for helping learners at every level develop twenty-first century skills—including the ability to tackle complex problems and acquire information in “just-in-time” fashion. All of this, Klopfer argues, puts mobile learning games in a unique and powerful position within educational technology.

À propos de l?auteur

Eric Klopfer is Professor and Director of the Scheller Teacher Education Program and the Education Arcade at MIT, and author of Augmented Learning: Research and Design of Mobile Educational Games (MIT Press).