Crafting minds and communities with Minecraft
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Crafting minds and communities with Minecraft
Minecraft is a first-person perspective video game in which players roam freely in a large three-dimensional environment. Players mine the landscape for minerals and use these minerals to create structures ( e.g., houses) and mould the landscape. But can Minecraft be used to craft communities and minds? In this opinion piece, we highlight the enormous potential of Minecraft for fostering social...
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عنوان ژورنال: F1000Research
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2046-1402
DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.9625.1