Learning = playing: Interactive learning with game-based design principles
Published 1 January 2005
Edvin Fladen, Katherine Blashki
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This paper explores the rapid escalation of demand for information in both complex and convergent forms of accessible technology and contends that this growth creates a concomitant demand for a highly skilled information technology workforce.
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\n\t\t\t\t\tThis paper explores the rapid escalation of demand for information in both complex and convergent forms of accessible technology. The authors contend that this growth creates a concomitant demand for a highly skilled information technology workforce. To ensure the preservation and continued development of this workforce, education of the information technology professional is increasingly acknowledged as one of the primary challenges<br />confronting educators and educational institutions. Many institutions have sought solutions to this educational conundrum in populist concepts of e-learning<br />\n\t\t\t\t
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