Issues and concerns of K-12 educators on 3-D multi-user virtual environments in formal classroom settings

International Journal of Gaming and Computer-Mediated Simulations

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-12

  Jones, Greg ^a   Warren, Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Classroom integration; K 12; Multi user virtual environments; Technology adoption; Virtual learning environments

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; VIRTUAL REALITY;

CLASSROOM SETTINGS; K-12 EDUCATORS; MULTI-USER VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; VIRTUAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS;

E-LEARNING;

EID: 79956083417     PISSN: 19423888     EISSN: 19423896     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jgcms.2011010101     Document Type: Article

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