Pat,
I don't know about formal academic research, but there is a very 
interesting - and extensive - article in a recent issue of Harper's on the 
topic of educational gaming that I highly recommend:

Grand Theft Education: Literacy in the Age of Video Games (September, 2006).


At 08:34 AM 11/3/2006 +0000, you wrote:

>Hello all,
>
>Postings about interactive/virtual archaeology and an imminent big web 
>project which has 'games' as a 'possible' feature leads me to ask: is 
>there a good body of research into the effectivenss of web-games as a 
>learning and/or engagement tool?
>
>Cheers,
>
>Pat
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