Supporting social awareness among university students in 3D CVEs: Benefits and limitations

Proceedings - 2004 International Conference on Cyberworlds, CW 2004

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 127-134

  Prasolova Førland, Ekaterina ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STUDENTS; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; WORLD WIDE WEB;

KNOWLEDGE SHARING; SOCIAL AWARENESS; SOCIO CULTURAL THEORIES; UNIVERSITY STUDENTS;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 19544375933     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/cw.2004.59     Document Type: Conference Paper

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