Informing the design of a virtual environment to support learning in children

International Journal of Human Computer Studies

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 115-143

  Scaife, Mike ^a   Rogers, Yvonne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

PROTOTYPING; USER CENTERED DESIGN; USER TESTING;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 0035437466     PISSN: 10715819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ijhc.2001.0473     Document Type: Article

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