Learning in the zone: A social constructivist framework for distance education in a 3-dimensional virtual world

Interactive Learning Environments

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 219-232

  Bronack, Stephen ^a   Riedl, Richard ^a   Tashner, John ^a  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33751350013     PISSN: 10494820     EISSN: 17445191     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10494820600909157     Document Type: Article

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