Teaching with virtual worlds: Factors to consider for instructional use of second life

Journal of Educational Computing Research

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 403-444

  Mayrath, Michael ^a   Traphagan, Tomoko ^b   Jarmon, Leslie ^c   Trivedi, Avani ^b   Resta, Paul ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Texas Education Agency   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 78650099328     PISSN: 07356331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/EC.43.4.a     Document Type: Article

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