Pre-service teachers' perspectives on using scenario-based virtual worlds in science education

Computers and Education

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 2224-2235

  Kennedy Clark, Shannon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

ICT; Pre service teachers; Science education; Serious games; Virtual worlds

Indexed keywords

E-LEARNING; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; SERIOUS GAMES; SURVEYS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

BEHAVIOR MANAGEMENT; CLASSROOM SETTINGS; MULTI-USER VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT; OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; PERCEIVED BENEFITS; PRE-SERVICE TEACHER; SCIENCE EDUCATION; VIRTUAL WORLDS;

TEACHING;

EID: 79960668657     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2011.05.015     Document Type: Article

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