Dealing with cultural differences in a 3D virtual classroom: A case study of constructing a virtual Tower of Babel

Proceedings of the 7th IASTED International Conference on Web-Based Education, WBE 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 412-417

  Prasolova Førland, Ekaterina ^a   Wyeld, Theodor G ^b   Chang, Teng Wen ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL YUNLIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

3d collaborative virtual environments; Collaborative learning; Multi cultural classroom

Indexed keywords

3D COLLABORATIVE VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS; COLLABORATION PROJECTS; COLLABORATIVE LEARNING; CULTURAL DIFFERENCES; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS; MULTI-CULTURAL CLASSROOM; TIME ZONES; VIRTUAL CLASSROOMS;

DISPLAY DEVICES; INTEROPERABILITY; SCHOOL BUILDINGS; TOWERS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EDUCATION;

EID: 62949189502     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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