Supporting student engagement in simulation development

Computer Supported Collaborative Learning Practices, CSCL 2009 Conference Proceedings - 9th International Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 414-418

  Glezou, Katerina ^a   Grigoriadou, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; STUDENTS;

CONSTRUCTING MODELS; EFFECTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGY; MULTIMEDIA APPLICATIONS; MULTIMEDIA PROGRAMMING; PROGRAMMING ENVIRONMENT; SIMULATION DEVELOPMENT; STUDENT ENGAGEMENT;

E-LEARNING;

EID: 77952785284     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.3115/1600053.1600114     Document Type: Conference Paper

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