Applying multiplayer role-based learning in engineering education: Three case studies to analyze the impact on students' performance

International Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 665-679

  Sancho, Pilar ^a   Fuentes Fernández, Rubén ^a   Gómez Martín, Pedro Pablo ^a   Fernández Manjón, Baltasar ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

CSCL; E learning; Multi user virtual environments; Problem based learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 69949124431     PISSN: 0949149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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