Investigating the role of task structure and interface support in two virtual learning environments

International Journal of Continuing Engineering Education and Life-Long Learning

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 291-301

  Whitelock, Denise ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conceptual learning; Immediacy of control; Interaction; Presence; Representational fidelity; Task structure; Virtual environments

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING EDUCATION; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; STUDENTS; USER INTERFACES; VIRTUAL REALITY;

CONCEPTUAL LEARNING; REPRESENTATIONAL FIDELITY;

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION;

EID: 0033358303     PISSN: 09574344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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