Virtual worlds, conceptual understanding, and me: Designing for consequential engagement

On the Horizon

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 21-34

  Gresalfi, Melissa ^a   Barab, Sasha ^a   Siyahhan, Sinem ^a   Christensen, Tyler ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Information retrieval; Internet; Learning; Students; User studies

Indexed keywords

EID: 59849086026     PISSN: 10748121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/10748120910936126     Document Type: Article

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