Identifying an appropriate pedagogy for virtual worlds: A Communal Constructivism case study

Computers and Education

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 342-349

  Girvan, Carina ^a   Savage, Timothy ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Collaborative learning; Interactive learning environments; Pedagogical issues; Teaching learning strategies; Virtual worlds

Indexed keywords

COLLABORATIVE LEARNING; INTERACTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; PEDAGOGICAL ISSUES; TEACHING/LEARNING STRATEGY; VIRTUAL WORLDS;

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; INTEROPERABILITY; VIRTUAL REALITY;

TEACHING;

EID: 77949654719     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2010.01.020     Document Type: Article

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