Engaging learners through virtual worlds

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 3198-3205

  Iqbal, Ahmer ^a   Kankaanranta, Marja ^a   Neittaanmäki, Pekka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

design; educational technology; Learner engagement; learning gains; multi user virtual environments; virtual worlds

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957715711     PISSN: 18770428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2010.03.489     Document Type: Conference Paper

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