Oct 06

Engaging Learning: Designing e-Learning Simulation Games (Pfeiffer Essential Resources for Training and HR Professionals)

Posted in: Human Resources & Personnel Management
Engaging Learning: Designing e-Learning Simulation Games (Pfeiffer Essential Resources for Training and HR Professionals)Engaging Learning: Designing e-Learning Simulation Games (Pfeiffer Essential Resources for Training and HR Professionals)
Learning is at its best when it is goal-oriented, contextual, interesting, challenging, and interactive. These same winning characteristics also define the best computer games, which suggests that the most effective learning experiences are also engaging. Learning can and should be hard fun! The challenge is to get in touch with what it takes to design... More
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Sep 26

Learning XNA 4.0: Game Development for the PC, Xbox 360, and Windows Phone 7

Posted in: Game Programming
Learning XNA 4.0: Game Development for the PC, Xbox 360, and Windows Phone 7Learning XNA 4.0: Game Development for the PC, Xbox 360, and Windows Phone 7
Want to develop games for Xbox 360 and Windows Phone 7? This hands-on book will get you started with Microsoft's XNA 4.0 development framework right away -- even if you have no experience developing games. Although XNA includes several key concepts that can be difficult for beginning web developers to grasp, Learning XNA 4.0 shortens the... More
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Sep 07

Learning with Digital Games: A Practical Guide to Engaging Students in Higher Education (Open and Flexible Learning Series)

Posted in: Games & Strategy Guides
Learning with Digital Games: A Practical Guide to Engaging Students in Higher Education (Open and Flexible Learning Series)Learning with Digital Games: A Practical Guide to Engaging Students in Higher Education (Open and Flexible Learning Series)
Written for Higher Education teaching and learning professionals, Learning with Digital Games provides an accessible, straightforward introduction to the field of computer game-based learning. Up to date with current trends and the changing learning needs of today’s students, this text offers friendly guidance, and is unique in its focus on post-school... More
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Oct 30

Learning by Doing: A Comprehensive Guide to Simulations, Computer Games, and Pedagogy in e-Learning and Other Educational Experiences

Posted in: Biographies & Memoirs
Learning by Doing: A Comprehensive Guide to Simulations, Computer Games, and Pedagogy in e-Learning and Other Educational Experiences (Wiley Desktop Editions)Learning by Doing: A Comprehensive Guide to Simulations, Computer Games, and Pedagogy in e-Learning and Other Educational Experiences (Wiley Desktop Editions)
Designed for learning professionals and drawing on both game creators and instructional designers, Learning by Doing explains how to select, research, build, sell, deploy, and measure the right type of educational simulation for the right situation.  It covers simple approaches that use basic or no technology through projects on the scale of computer games and flight simulators. The book... More
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Oct 28

Learning iOS Game Programming: A Hands-On Guide to Building Your First iPhone Game (Developer’s Library)

Posted in: Mac Administration
Learning iOS Game Programming: A Hands-On Guide to Building Your First iPhone GameLearning iOS Game Programming: A Hands-On Guide to Building Your First iPhone Game
Get Started Fast with iOS Game Programming   Since the launch of the App Store, games have been the hottest category of apps for the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. That means your best chance of tapping into the iPhone/iPad “Gold Rush” is to put out a killer game that everyone wants to play (and talk about). While many people... More
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