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Edutainment, Games, and the Future of Education in a Digital World
Author(s) -
Jarvin Linda
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
new directions for child and adolescent development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.628
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1534-8687
pISSN - 1520-3247
DOI - 10.1002/cad.20082
Subject(s) - psychology , multimedia , mathematics education , computer science
Since the development of educational television in the 1960s, there has been a growing interest in incorporating features of entertainment in informal and formal education. Reviewing the literature on edutainment and games, we will discuss the limits of the current state of research and propose research questions investigating broad issues linked to the adoption of games for education. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.