Edutainment: is learning at risk?

By Zuhal Okan. British Journal of Educational Technology, 2003

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Overview of research on the educational use of video games (2006, background): “Constantly, there will be people getting arithmetical problems like 2+2 and memorizing the results while not necessarily understanding the underlying rules (Andersen & Dalgaard, 2005; Buckingham & Scanlon, 2002; Facer et al., 2003; Konzack, 2003; Okan, 2003; Prensky, 2001).”
A case study of computer gaming for math: Engaged learning from gameplay? (2008, background): “As Rieber (1996) and Okan (2003) claimed, designing and using computer games for learning is more than a form of educational ''sugar coating " .”
The role of psychology in understanding the impact of computer games (2011, background): “Okan [44] expressed the concern that games might encourage students to take the view that learning should be easy, whereas in reality effective learning will always require hard work on the part of the student.”