Hello, M.U.P.P.E.T.S.: Using a 3D collaborative virtual environment to motivate fundamental object-oriented learning

Proceedings of the Conference on Object-Oriented Programming Systems, Languages, and Applications, OOPSLA

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 881-886

  Egert, Christopher ^a   Bierre, Kevin ^a   Phelps, Andrew ^a   Ventura, Phil ^b  

^a ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b ST THOMAS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Graphics; Programming education; Virtual worlds

Indexed keywords

INTRODUCTORY PROGRAMMING; PROGRAMMING EDUCATION; VIRTUAL WORLDS;

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOFTWARE DESIGN; STUDENTS;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 34248362774     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1176617.1176739     Document Type: Conference Paper

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