Learning in serious virtual worlds: Evaluation of learning effectiveness and appeal to students in the E-Junior project

Computers and Education

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 178-187

  Wrzesien, Maja ^a   Alcañiz Raya, Mariano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Elementary education; Interactive learning environments; Pedagogical issues; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

DATA COLLECTION; ELEMENTARY EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES; INTERACTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; LEARNING EFFECTIVENESS; LEARNING OBJECTIVES; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PEDAGOGICAL ISSUES; QUALITATIVE DATA; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE; VIRTUAL GROUP; VIRTUAL WORLDS;

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; TEACHING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

STUDENTS;

EID: 77949659247     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2010.01.003     Document Type: Article

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