Development and evaluation of a system enhancing second Life to support synchronous role-based collaborative learning

Software - Practice and Experience

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1025-1054

  De Lucia, Andrea ^a   Francese, Rita ^a   Passero, Ignazio ^a   Tortora, Genoveffa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Computer supported collaborative learning; E learning; Virtual world

Indexed keywords

COLLABORATIVE ACTIVITIES; COLLABORATIVE LEARNING; COLLABORATIVE SESSIONS; COMPUTER SUPPORTED COLLABORATIVE LEARNING; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; FACE-TO-FACE GROUPS; LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM; MULTIMEDIA CONTENTS; MULTIMEDIA FEATURES; MULTIMEDIA SUPPORT; NEW DIRECTIONS; PLUG-INS; ROLE-BASED; SECOND LIFE; TEXTUAL INFORMATION; VIRTUAL WORLD; VIRTUAL WORLDS; WEB APPLICATION;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); E-LEARNING; EDUCATION; INTERNET; INTEROPERABILITY; MULTIMEDIA SERVICES; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VIRTUAL REALITY;

MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS;

EID: 68049137491     PISSN: 00380644     EISSN: 1097024X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/spe.926     Document Type: Article

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