Knowledge sharing and collaborative learning in second life: A classification of virtual 3D group interaction scripts

Journal of Universal Computer Science

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 665-677

  Schmeil, Andreas ^a   Eppler, Martin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Collaboration patterns; Knowledge sharing; MUVE; Online collaboration; Second Life; Virtual worlds

Indexed keywords

EID: 67449099915     PISSN: 0958695X     EISSN: 09486968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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