Second Life in higher education: Assessing the potential for and the barriers to deploying virtual worlds in learning and teaching

British Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 414-426

  Warburton, Steven ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3-D SPACES; AFFORDANCES; COMPUTER GAMINGS; CRITICAL ANALYSIS; CRITICAL COMPONENTS; CURRENT TRENDS; EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES; EDUCATIONAL TOOLS; HIGHER EDUCATIONS; IMMERSIVE; KEY FEATURES; MULTI USERS; MULTI-USER VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS; SECOND LIVES; TEACHING APPROACHES; VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS; VIRTUAL WORLDS;

SONOLUMINESCENCE; VIRTUAL REALITY;

TEACHING;

EID: 64949150573     PISSN: 00071013     EISSN: 14678535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8535.2009.00952.x     Document Type: Article

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