Massively multiplayer online games & education: An outline of research

Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Conference, CSCL

Volumn 8, Issue PART 2, 2007, Pages 674-684

  Steinkuehler, Constance ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES; EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES; EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION; GAMEPLAY; MASSIVELY MULTI-PLAYER ONLINE GAMES; ONLINE TECHNOLOGY; RESEARCH QUESTIONS; VIRTUAL WORLDS;

EDUCATION; INTERNET; RESEARCH; VIRTUAL REALITY;

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EID: 58149360382     PISSN: 15734552     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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