Would you rather collect data in the rain or attend a virtual field trip? Findings from a series of virtual science field studies

International Journal of Continuing Engineering Education and Life-Long Learning

Volumn 15, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 121-131

  Whitelock, Denise ^a   Jelfs, Anne ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fidelity; Presence; Virtual environments

Indexed keywords

ANIMATION; CURRICULA; DATA ACQUISITION; LEARNING SYSTEMS; PERSONNEL TRAINING; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STUDENTS;

FIDELITY; INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGNERS; PRESENCE; VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 19944370514     PISSN: 15604624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJCEELL.2005.006797     Document Type: Article

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