Situating pedagogies, positions and practices in immersive virtual worlds

Educational Research

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 123-133

  Savin Baden, Maggi ^a   Gourlay, Lesley ^a   Tombs, Cathy ^a   Steils, Nicole ^a   Tombs, Gemma ^a   Mawer, Matt ^a  

^a Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Digital literacies; Immersive virtual worlds; Pedagogy; Staff role

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952501975     PISSN: 00131881     EISSN: 14695847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00131881.2010.482732     Document Type: Article

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