Exploitation of games and virtual environments for e-learning

7th International Conference on Information Technology Based Higher Education and Training, ITHET

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 409-421

  Graven, Olaf Hallan ^a   MacKinnon, Lachlan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERTAY DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computer games e learning; Simulation; Virtual environment

Indexed keywords

E-LEARNING; EDUCATION COMPUTING; GAME THEORY; GRAPHIC METHODS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; SOCIAL ASPECTS; TECHNOLOGY; VIRTUAL REALITY;

COMPUTER GAMES; CONNECTIONS (STRUCTURAL); CURRENT STATE; CURRENT TRENDS; E LEARNING; E-LEARNING TOOLS; ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY; GENERAL (CO); HIGH BANDWIDTH; HIGHER EDUCATION (HE); INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; LIFE LONG LEARNING; MULTI USERS; ON-LINE GAMES; TECHNOLOGY BASED; VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS (VE); VIRTUAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT (VLE); VIRTUAL WORLD (VW);

EDUCATION;

EID: 44449092520     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ITHET.2006.339793     Document Type: Conference Paper

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