Web3D technologies in learning, education and training: Motivations, issues, opportunities

Computers and Education

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-18

  Chittaro, Luca ^a   Ranon, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Human computer interface; Interactive learning environments; Multimedia hypermedia systems; Programming and programming languages; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; INTERNET; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

INTERACTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS; MULTIMEDIA/HYPERMEDIA SYSTEMS;

LEARNING SYSTEMS;

EID: 33846518264     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2005.06.002     Document Type: Article

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