Presence: A unique characteristic in educational virtual environments

Virtual Reality

Volumn 10, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 197-206

  Mikropoulos, Tassos A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Educational virtual environments; Involvement; Learning outcomes; Personal presence; Social presence

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751098479     PISSN: 13594338     EISSN: 14349957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10055-006-0039-1     Document Type: Article

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