The ABC's of ARGs: Alternate Reality Games for Learning

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Aug 2011 English Publisher:Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)Journal:eLearn, volume 2,011 (eissn: 1535-394X,

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Authors: Koreen Olbrish;

doi: 10.1145/2016016.2019544

The ABC's of ARGs: Alternate Reality Games for Learning

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An alternate reality game (ARG) is sometimes called a pervasive game or transmedia storytelling. Regardless of what you call it at its core is a game driven by a story with players performing activities that mirror real life, making ARGs a perfect fit for scenario-based learning.

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