Evaluation framework for collaborative educational virtual environments

Educational Technology and Society

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 65-77

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

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Collaborative virtual environments; Educational virtual environments; Evaluation framework; Usability evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953139907     PISSN: 11763647     EISSN: 14364522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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