Edutainment, Technotainment and Culture
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The notion that education and learning can be linked with ludic, playful and pleasurable experiences is not new. Cicero linked teaching, delight and having an effect on persons. Huizinga has explored dimensions of its long history in Homo ludens. The introduction of computers and the Internet has affected this tradition for the past half century. For at least the past twenty years, concepts such as edutainment and technotainment have been radically transforming the relationship between learning and play.
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