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Playing for knowledge

Published: 14 November 2007 Publication History

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This paper focuses on the applicability of on-line games in pedagogy and social science research. The on-going experiements examine emerging virtual worlds, migratory practices, and developing markets.

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Castronova, E. 2005 Synthetic Worlds: The Business and Culture of Online Games. The University of Chicago Press.
[2]
Bernard, H. Russell. 2006 Research Methods in Anthorpology. Alta Mira Press.
[3]
Salen, K., Zimmerman, K. 2006 The Game Design Reader: A Rules of Play Anthology. The MIT Press.

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    Future Play '07: Proceedings of the 2007 conference on Future Play
    November 2007
    279 pages
    ISBN:9781595939432
    DOI:10.1145/1328202
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    • Province of Ontario, Ministry of Economic Development and Trade
    • Arcademy Games Awards Festival Arcadia
    • Microsoft User Research Group
    • Government of Canada, FedNor
    • Sault Ste. Marie Innovation Centre
    • Garage Games
    • Visualization Design Institute, Sheridan Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning
    • Algoma University College
    • University of Ontario Institute of Technology
    • Bug-Tracker.Com
    • SchoolFinder

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    Published: 14 November 2007

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    1. emerging markets
    2. viritual immigration
    3. virtual colonization
    4. virtual worlds

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    November 14 - 17, 2007
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