Gaming Innovations in Higher Education: Emerging Research and Opportunities (Hardcover)

Hardcover. Gaming technologies have become effective learning tools within education. Gamification has the potential to increase engagement using real-time feedback on learning activities, which allows students to reflect on their completion and retention of a learned activity.Gaming Innovations in Higher Education: Emerging Research and Opportunities is an essential reference work featuring the latest scholarly knowledge on the application of different gaming techniques within education to make learning activities more enjoyable and successful. Including research on a number of topics such as virtual laboratories, interaction media, and intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, this publication is ideally designed for academicians, researchers, and students interested in the benefits of providing an entertaining and intellectually-stimulating learning environment.The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:Comprehension AwarenessExtrinsic MotivationInteraction MediaIntrinsic MotivationLearning DisabilitiesSelf-Determination Theory (SDT)User-Centered DesignVirtual Laboratories Features the latest scholarly knowledge on the application of different gaming techniques within education to make learning activities more enjoyable and successful. Thiis publication includes research on a number of topics such as virtual laboratories, interaction media, and intrinsic and extrinsic motivation. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…