Designing a collaborative virtual environment for introducing pupils to complex subject matter

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn 82, Issue , 2004, Pages 121-130

  Halvorsrud, Ragnhild ^a   Hagen, Simen ^b  

^a TELENOR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Collaborative learning; CVE; Design; DNA; Field study; VR

Indexed keywords

BACKGROUND INFORMATION; BASIC CONCEPTS; COLLABORATIVE LEARNING; COLLABORATIVE VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT; COLLABORATIVE WORK; CVE; DESIGN APPROACHES; DNA MOLECULES; FIELD STUDIES; GENETIC CODE; MICROSCOPIC LEVELS; SECONDARY SCHOOLS; SUBJECT MATTERS;

BIOCHEMISTRY; DESIGN; DNA; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; INTEROPERABILITY; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; VIRTUAL REALITY; WORLD WIDE WEB;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 77952990803     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1028014.1028034     Document Type: Conference Paper

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