Fostering collaborative learning in Second Life: Metaphors and affordances

Computers and Education

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 603-615

  Andreas, Konstantinidis ^a   Tsiatsos, Thrasyvoulos ^a   Terzidou, Theodouli ^a   Pomportsis, Andreas ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cooperative collaborative learning; Interactive learning environments; Media in education; Second Life; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

AFFORDANCES; BLENDED LEARNING; COLLABORATIVE LEARNING; COOPERATIVE/COLLABORATIVE LEARNING; EVALUATION APPROACH; FACE-TO-FACE INTERACTION; INTERACTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; MEDIA IN EDUCATION; NON-VERBAL COMMUNICATIONS; RESEARCH QUESTIONS; RESEARCH TEAMS; SECOND LIFE; SPACE AWARENESS; STUDENT COLLABORATION; VIRTUAL TOOL; VISUALISATION;

LEARNING ALGORITHMS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; VIRTUAL REALITY; VISUALIZATION;

INTEROPERABILITY;

EID: 77953136077     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2010.02.021     Document Type: Article

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