Designing game-based learning activities for virtual patients in second life

Journal of Cyber Therapy and Rehabilitation

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 225-238

  Toro Troconis, Maria ^a,b   Mellström, Ulf ^b   Partridge, Martyn ^a   Meeran, Karim ^a   Barrett, Michael ^a   Higham, Jenny ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

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