The future for (second) life and learning

British Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 526-538

  Salmon, Gilly ^a,b  

^a Department of E Learning and Learning Technologies ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES; MULTI-USER ENVIRONMENTS; SECOND LIVES; SIMULATED ENVIRONMENTS; VIRTUAL REPRESENTATIONS;

SONOLUMINESCENCE; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EDUCATION;

EID: 64949141607     PISSN: 00071013     EISSN: 14678535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8535.2009.00967.x     Document Type: Article

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