As education design becomes more complex and challenging, a new form of storytelling is required in delivering a new level of interactivity, integration and a more democratic relationship between storyteller and audience. Educators (facilitators) should draw from the games industry to add value to their knowledge development as a step to taking mathematics learning to its next stage of evolution.
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Here is a link to a paper discussing the above topic, written and compiled the authors listed below…
Hanafizan Hussain is currently doing her PhD in E-Learning and her research area includes education and entertainment.
Zarina Che Embi is a tutor in the Faculty of Information Technology and also a Postgraduate student in Multimedia University. Her research area is edutainment in early childhood and kindergarten kids.
Samsuri Hashim is Executive Director for Era Net Advertising & Publication. His research areas are multimedia application and entertainment.