Socialisation for learning at a distance in a 3-D multi-user virtual environment

British Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 458-479

  Edirisingha, Palitha ^a   Nie, Ming ^a   Pluciennik, Mark ^a   Young, Ruth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAT LOGS; COLLABORATIVE LEARNING; DATA ANALYSIS; JOINT INFORMATION SYSTEMS COMMITTEES; LEARNING ACTIVITIES; MULTI-USER VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS; ON-LINE LEARNING; PILOT STUDIES; REAL-WORLD NETWORKS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS; RESEARCH QUESTIONS; SECOND LIVES; SOCIAL PRESENCES; STAGE MODELS; UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTERS;

INTERNET; SONOLUMINESCENCE; STUDENTS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 64949125218     PISSN: 00071013     EISSN: 14678535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8535.2009.00962.x     Document Type: Article

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