What educational activities fit virtual worlds: Towards a theoretical evaluation framework

2009 3rd IEEE International Conference on Digital Ecosystems and Technologies, DEST '09

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 715-720

  Jaeger, Bjorn ^a,b  

^a MOLDE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Norway)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

e learning; Evaluative framework; Media richness theory; Task closure theory; Virtual worlds

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS TRANSACTION; CLOSURE THEORY; COMMUNICATION MEDIA; EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES; LANGUAGE EDUCATION; MEDIA RICHNESS; MEDIA RICHNESS THEORY; ROLE PLAY; SECOND LIFE; TASK CLOSURE THEORY; TEACHING AND LEARNING; THEORETICAL EVALUATION; VIRTUAL WORLDS;

E-LEARNING; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EDUCATION;

EID: 71649095638     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/DEST.2009.5276700     Document Type: Conference Paper

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