The pragmatics of virtual worlds for K-12 educators: Investigating the affordances and constraints of Active Worlds and Second Life with K-12 in-service teachers

Educational Technology Research and Development

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-20

  Dickey, Michele D ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Active Worlds; K 12; Second Life; Virtual worlds

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551688185     PISSN: 10421629     EISSN: 15566501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11423-010-9163-4     Document Type: Article

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