Towards successful 3D virtual learning - A case study on teaching human computer interaction

International Conference for Internet Technology and Secured Transactions, ICITST 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Perera, I ^a   Allison, C ^a   Ross Nicoll, J ^a   Sturgeon, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3D VIRTUAL WORLDS; CRITICAL ISSUES; LEARNING OUTCOME; MULTI-USER VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT; STUDENT PERCEPTIONS; UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULA; VIRTUAL LEARNING; VIRTUAL WORLDS;

CURRICULA; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTERNET; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); THREE DIMENSIONAL; VIRTUAL REALITY;

TEACHING;

EID: 78049453022     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICITST.2009.5435085     Document Type: Conference Paper

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