The virtual playground: An educational virtual reality environment for evaluating interactivity and conceptual learning

Virtual Reality

Volumn 10, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 227-240

  Roussou, Maria ^a   Oliver, Martin ^b   Slater, Mel ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Conceptual learning; Evaluation; Interactivity; Virtual learning environments

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751116817     PISSN: 13594338     EISSN: 14349957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10055-006-0035-5     Document Type: Article

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