Mixed methods for mixed reality: Understanding users' avatar activities in virtual worlds

Educational Technology Research and Development

Volumn 56, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 575-593

  Feldon, David F ^a   Kafai, Yasmin B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Avatars; Contextual data analysis; Massive multiplayer online games; Mixed methods; Virtual environments

Indexed keywords

EID: 54449090748     PISSN: 10421629     EISSN: 15566501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11423-007-9081-2     Document Type: Article

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