An Australian and New Zealand scoping study on the use of 3D immersive virtual worlds in higher education

Australasian Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-15

  Dalgarno, Barney ^a   Lee, Mark J W ^a   Carlson, Lauren ^a   Gregory, Sue ^b   Tynan, Belinda ^b  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

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EID: 79953854778     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14495554     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14742/ajet.978     Document Type: Article

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