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Whitton, N. (2009) Gaming innovations of the decade playthinklearn, December 31
The end of the year is always a time for summarizing and recapitulations of all the achievements, changes and mistakes we have made during those 365 days. Nicola Whitton, a Research Fellow at the Education and Social Research Institute at Manchester Metropolitan University published in her blog her thoughts about how gaming has changed, but not only in the past year, but in the past decade. She lists five major places where the changes have occurred: interaction, casual games, mobile, location-sensitive and augmented reality games, ARG (Alternate Reality Games) and MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games). http://playthinklearn.net/
Dr. Tony Bates is the author of eleven books in the field of online learning and distance education. He has provided consulting services specializing in training in the planning and management of online learning and distance education, working with over 40 organizations in 25 countries. Tony is a Research Associate with Contact North | Contact Nord, Ontario’s Distance Education & Training Network.
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