ERIC Number: EJ873506
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Publication Date: 2008
Pages: 10
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Tech Writing, Meet "Tomb Raider": Video and Computer Games in the Technical Communication Classroom
Vie, Stephanie
E-Learning, v5 n2 p157-166 2008
This article examines the common genre of the usability study in technical communication courses and proposes the incorporation of computer and video games to ensure a rhetorical focus to this genre. As games are both entertaining and educational, their use in the technical communication classroom provides a new perspective on multimodal literacies that is appropriate to meet the needs of twenty-first-century learners. This article both describes a theoretical rationale for the inclusion of video and computer games in the classroom and also offers suggestions for their practical pedagogical incorporation.
Descriptors: Technical Writing, Video Games, Communication Skills, College Students, Creative Teaching, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Learning Modalities, Teaching Methods, Student Participation, Active Learning
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Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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