Informal adult learning in simulated and virtual environments

Encyclopedia of Information Communication Technologies and Adult Education Integration

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 838-856

  Bennett, Elisabeth E ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61692-906-0.ch051     Document Type: Chapter

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