Earth Science Learning in smallab: A design experiment for mixed reality

International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 403-421

  Birchfield, David ^a   Megowan Romanowicz, Colleen ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Human computer interaction; K 12 learning; Mixed reality; Science learning; Social computing; Teaching experiment

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350400118     PISSN: 15561607     EISSN: 15561615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11412-009-9074-8     Document Type: Article

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