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What is Electronic Educational Games

Chapter 27
Encyclopedia of Information Communication Technology
Electronic educational games refers to electronic games that are used for educational purposes and are interchangeably used with the term edutainment. Although these two terms do not actually refer to the same thing, for this research, it is combined based on the factor of motivation. It also involves other means of electronic devices other than computer such as game consoles or video games, mobile devices, etc.
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An Edutainment Framework Implementation Case Study
Zarina Che Embe (Multimedia University, Malaysia) and Hanafizan Hussain (Multimedia University, Malaysia)
Copyright: © 2009 |Pages: 7
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-845-1.ch027
Abstract
The convergence of information technology, particularly multimedia applications, has made it possible to create electronic games with characters that come alive on the screen. From its original use just for entertainment, electronic games now can be used for educational purposes. Thus, the term ‘edutainment’ is created from a combination of the two areas: education and entertainment. Exploring the edutainment environment has become an interesting research area and understanding its application to suit various learning environments or teaching models is a crucial issue.
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