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Serious Games: Issues and Challenges for Teaching and Training

Serious Games: Issues and Challenges for Teaching and Training

Chien Yu, Jeng-Yang Wu, Aliesha Johnson
Copyright: © 2012 |Pages: 19
ISBN13: 9781466601499|ISBN10: 1466601493|EISBN13: 9781466601505
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-0149-9.ch028
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Yu, Chien, et al. "Serious Games: Issues and Challenges for Teaching and Training." Handbook of Research on Serious Games as Educational, Business and Research Tools, edited by Maria Manuela Cruz-Cunha, IGI Global, 2012, pp. 559-577. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-0149-9.ch028

APA

Yu, C., Wu, J., & Johnson, A. (2012). Serious Games: Issues and Challenges for Teaching and Training. In M. Cruz-Cunha (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Serious Games as Educational, Business and Research Tools (pp. 559-577). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-0149-9.ch028

Chicago

Yu, Chien, Jeng-Yang Wu, and Aliesha Johnson. "Serious Games: Issues and Challenges for Teaching and Training." In Handbook of Research on Serious Games as Educational, Business and Research Tools, edited by Maria Manuela Cruz-Cunha, 559-577. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2012. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-0149-9.ch028

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Abstract

While the study of serious games is gradually increasing, the potential of serious games to help increase the effectiveness of training and learning has also been a subject of debate in much of the literature published in the field of teaching and training. The purpose of this chapter is to review what has been studied in the literature regarding serious games for teaching and training. By discussing the foundation of game-based learning, the study not only discusses some of challenges and impacts of serious games for teaching and training, but it also outlines some of the fundamental issues and considerations for the effective use of serious games and strategy of game-based learning.

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