Learning in virtual worlds: Using communities of practice to explain how people learn from play

British Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 444-457

  Oliver, Martin ^a,b   Carr, Diane ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICES; EDUCATIONAL POTENTIALS; HOW PEOPLE LEARN; LEARNING OUTCOMES; LEARNING PROCESS; MATERIAL RESOURCES; ONLINE MULTIPLAYER GAMES; SOCIAL PRESSURES; VIRTUAL WORLDS; WENGER'S MODELS;

DISTANCE EDUCATION; INTERNET; TEACHING;

EDUCATION COMPUTING;

EID: 64949163346     PISSN: 00071013     EISSN: 14678535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8535.2009.00948.x     Document Type: Article

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