Building virtual worlds for informal science learning (SciCentr and SciFair) in the Active Worlds Educational Universe (AWEDU)

Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 55-67

  Corbit, Margaret ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRTUAL SCIENCE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; INFORMATION SCIENCE; LEARNING SYSTEMS; WEBSITES;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 0036487629     PISSN: 10547460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/105474602317343659     Document Type: Article

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