Designing virtual worlds to facilitate meaningful communication: Issues, considerations, and lessons learned

Technical Communication

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 261-269

  Bronack, Stephen C ^a   Cheney, Amy L ^a   Riedl, Richard E ^a,b   Tashner, John H ^a  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Education ^*

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