Design and evaluation of a flexible travel training environment for use in a supported employment setting

Journal of Endocrine Genetics

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 251-258

  Brown, David J ^a   Shopland, Nicholas ^a   Lewis, James ^a   Dattani Pitt, K ^b  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Learning Disability Services   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive disabilities; Intelligent tutoring agents; Travel training; United Kingdom; Virtual learning environments

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; LEARNING; MULTIMEDIA; TRAINING; TRAVEL; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 33751241407     PISSN: 1565012X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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