Empathy in virtual learning environments

International Journal of Networking and Virtual Organisations

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 123-139

  Molka Danielsen, Judith ^a   Carter, Bryan W ^b   Creelman, Alastair ^c  

^a MOLDE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL MISSOURI   (United States)

^c LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Empathy; Engagement; Second life; SL; Teaching methodologies; Virtual learning environments; VLEs

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; LEARNING SYSTEMS;

EMPATHY; ENGAGEMENT; SECOND LIFE; TEACHING METHODOLOGIES; VIRTUAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS; VLES;

E-LEARNING;

EID: 59849090651     PISSN: 14709503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJNVO.2009.022971     Document Type: Article

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