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In order to effectively use games in the classroom, teachers and parents need to agree on games' positive functions toward students' learning, decide and select good educational games relevant to content and tasks in the classroom, and disseminate their acquired knowledge into the teaching...

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An overview of accessibility and usability of educational games / Marion A. Hersh, Barbara Leporini -- Usability of online virtual learning environments: key issues for instructors and learners / Ian John Cole -- Educating university students: can mobile technologies help? / Geraldine Ryan ......