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Postsecondary play : the role of games and social media in higher education / edited by William G. Tierney [and three others].
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Tech.edu : A Hopkins Series on Education and Technology
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Education, Higher--Effect of technological innovations on.
- Education, Higher.
- Education, Higher--Social aspects.
- Play--Social aspects.
- Play.
- Video games.
- Social media.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (347 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Contents:
- ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction. Why Games and Social Media?""; ""PART I: What Is the Current Landscape of Higher Education?""; ""1 The Disruptive Future of Higher Education""; ""2 The Need to Increase College Enrollment and Completion""; ""3 Transition Readiness: Making the Shift from High School to College in a Social Media World""; ""4 From Communication to Community: How Games and Social Media Affect Postsecondary Stakeholders""; ""PART II: What�s in a Game?""; ""5 What Games Do Well: Mastering Concepts in Play""
- ""6 The Open Laptop Exam: Reflections and Speculations""""7 Games, Passion, and “Higher� Education""; ""8 Game-Like Learning: Leveraging the Qualities of Game Design and Play""; ""PART III: What Do We Know about Games and What Do We Need to Learn?""; ""9 Assessing Learning in Video Games""; ""10 Implications and Applications of Sociable Gaming for Higher Education""; ""11 Gender, Social Media, Games, and the College Landscape""; ""12 How Much Technology Is Enough?""; ""Conclusion. The Shape of Things to Come""; ""Glossary""; ""Contributors""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""
- ""F""""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4214-1307-8
- OCLC:
- 880147747
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