"This book examines the potential of games and simulations in online learning, and how the future could look as developers learn to use the emerging capabilities of the Semantic Web. It explores how the Semantic Web will impact education and how games and simulations can evolve to become robust...

Games and gaming have always been an important part of society and culture. Within the last 35 years, due to numerous technology innovations, electronic games in many formats have not only become ubiquitous in everyday recreational life but have also permeated many professional fields and...

This book challenges scholars and researchers to answer questions such as: How can game design be improved to foster ethical thinking and discourse? What are the theories and methodologies that will help us understand, model, and assess ethical thinking in games? How do we use games in...

"This book applies the principles of research in the study of human cognition to games, with chapters representing 15 different disciplines in the learning sciences (psychology, serious game design, educational technology, applied linguistics, instructional design, eLearning, computer...

In order to effectively use games in the classroom, teachers and parents need to agree on games' positive functions toward students' learning, decide and select good educational games relevant to content and tasks in the classroom, and disseminate their acquired knowledge into the teaching...

Brings together the diverse and growing community of voices on ethics in gaming and begins to define the field, identify its primary challenges and questions, and establish the current state of the discipline.

"This book is a collection of the most recent developments in all areas of game development, encompassing planning, design, marketing, business management, and consumer behavior"--Provided by publisher.

1. Analyzing user behavior in digital games / Anders Drachen and Alessandro Canossa -- 2. Comparing two playability heuristic sets with expert review method: a case study of mobile game evaluation / Janne Paavilainen, Hannu Korhonen and Hannamari Saarenpää -- 3. Lovely place to buy!: enhancing...

"This book investigates the role of games and computer-mediated simulations in a variety of environments, including education, government, and business, exploring psychological, social, and cultural implications of games and simulations"--Provided by publisher.

"This book introduces the development and application of game technologies for health-related serious games, providing cutting edge research from academia and industry, informing readers about the current and future advances in the area"--Provided by publisher.