Advanced design methodologies for the production of virtual learning environments for use by people with learning disabilities

Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 401-415

  Brown, David J ^a   Standen, Penny J ^b   Proctor, Tracy ^b   Sterland, Dominic ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0039247107     PISSN: 10547460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/1054746011470253     Document Type: Article

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