Computer Simulations and Gaming
Edward Elgar Publishing
Published on 8. July 2022
Book
Hardback
176 pages
978-1-83910-242-4 (ISBN)
Description
Computer simulations, serious digital games, and gamification add fun and engagement to business courses, while also improving students' learning outcomes. Computer Simulations and Gaming provides business educators with the theoretical background, selection foundations, and implementation advice they need to successfully select and implement computer simulations, serious digital games, and/or gamification elements.
The book opens by defining computer simulations, serious digital games, and gamification, then highlights the learning theories that contribute to their effectiveness at improving learning outcomes. From there the authors provide information that helps educators select computer simulations, serious digital games, and/or gamification elements, by reviewing their benefits and drawbacks, identifying contextual considerations, and providing a heuristic. The authors then offer advice to prepare educators to implement computer simulations, serious digital games, and/or gamification elements in their classrooms. In addition, they have included a list of tools and resources as well as an annotated bibliography that point readers towards helpful additional information.
In an ever-changing world of tech, business educators at all levels will come to rely on the helpful guidance in Computer Simulations and Gaming to engage students.
The book opens by defining computer simulations, serious digital games, and gamification, then highlights the learning theories that contribute to their effectiveness at improving learning outcomes. From there the authors provide information that helps educators select computer simulations, serious digital games, and/or gamification elements, by reviewing their benefits and drawbacks, identifying contextual considerations, and providing a heuristic. The authors then offer advice to prepare educators to implement computer simulations, serious digital games, and/or gamification elements in their classrooms. In addition, they have included a list of tools and resources as well as an annotated bibliography that point readers towards helpful additional information.
In an ever-changing world of tech, business educators at all levels will come to rely on the helpful guidance in Computer Simulations and Gaming to engage students.
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cheltenham
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-83910-242-4 (9781839102424)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
James Wesley Cooper, Jr., PhD. Clinical Assistant Professor of Management, Department of Managerial Studies, The University of Illinois at Chicago, US, Michele E. Yoder, PhD., Assistant Professor of Strategy and Business Administration, Department of Management, Marketing, and Entrepreneurship, York College of Pennsylvania, US and Stacey L. Watson, PhD. Lecturer, Cheriton School of Computer Science, University of Waterloo, Canada
Content
Contents: 1. Conceptual/theoretical frame for computer simulations and gaming 2. Considerations for use of computer simulations and games 3. How to prepare and implement computer simulations and games Annotated bibliography Tools and resources Glossary Index