Virtual environments for education

Journal of Network and Computer Applications

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 161-174

  Slator, Brian M ^a   Juell, Paul ^a   McClean, Phillip E ^b   Saini Eidukat, Bernhardt ^b   Schwert, Donald P ^b   White, Alan R ^b   Hill, Curt ^c  

^a North Dakota State University   (United States)

^b NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Valley City State University   (United States)

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EID: 0001263759     PISSN: 10848045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jnca.1999.0089     Document Type: Article

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