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Graduate Skills and Game-Based Learning: Using Video Games for Employability in Higher Education. Digital Education and Learning by Matthew Barr is a education title available to read on EtoBox.
What is Graduate Skills and Game-Based Learning: Using Video Games for Employability in Higher Education. Digital Education and Learning about?
This book explores the efficacy of game-based learning to develop university students’ skills and competencies. While writing on game-based learning has previously emphasised the use of games developed specifically for educational purposes, this book fills an important gap in the literature by focusing on commercial games such as World of Warcraft and Minecraft. Underpinned by robust empirical evidence, the author demonstrates that the current negative perception of video games is ill-informed,
Who reads Graduate Skills and Game-Based Learning: Using Video Games for Employability in Higher Education. Digital Education and Learning?
It is typically read by teachers and faculty preparing courses and curriculum.
Common subject areas: education, pedagogy.
- Author
- Matthew Barr
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing Imprint,Palgrave Macmillan
- Published
- 2019
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9783030277857
- Category
- education
- Subjects
- Study Aids, Science, Technology
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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