Teaching and learning in Second Life: Using the Community of Inquiry (CoI) model to support online instruction with graduate students in instructional technology

Internet and Higher Education

Volumn 13, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 84-88

  Burgess, Melissa L ^a   Slate, John R ^a   Rojas LeBouef, Ana ^a   LaPrairie, Kimberly ^a  

^a SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community of Inquiry; Instructional technology; Second Life; Virtual environments

Indexed keywords

ANDERSONS; COGNITIVE PRESENCE; COMMUNITY OF INQUIRY; EDUCATION EVALUATION; EXPLORATORY STUDIES; GRADUATE STUDENTS; INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY; MULTI-USER VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT; ONLINE INSTRUCTIONS; SECOND LIFE; SOCIAL PRESENCE; TEACHING AND LEARNING; TEACHING PRESENCE; VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS; VIRTUAL WORLDS;

EDUCATION COMPUTING; STUDENTS; SURVEYS; TECHNOLOGY; VIRTUAL REALITY;

TEACHING;

EID: 76349087359     PISSN: 10967516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iheduc.2009.12.003     Document Type: Article

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