The impact of Web3D technologies on medical education and training

Computers and Education

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 19-31

  John, Nigel W ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Applications in medicine; Interactive learning environments; Simulations; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; LEARNING SYSTEMS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

COLLABORATIVE TRAINING; INTERACTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS; MEDICAL TRAINING;

MEDICAL EDUCATION;

EID: 33846483716     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2005.06.003     Document Type: Article

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