A case study of communication and social interactions in learning in second life

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Zhang, Qiping ^a   Marksbury, Nancy ^a   Heim, Steven ^a  

^a LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEARNING OUTCOME; SECOND LIFE; SOCIAL INTERACTIONS; STUDENT ENGAGEMENT; UNDERGRADUATE COMPUTER SCIENCE COURSE;

COMMUNICATION;

EID: 77951721804     PISSN: 15301605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HICSS.2010.3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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