Teacher perceptions of learning affordances of multi-user virtual environments

Computers and Education

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 2406-2413

  Gamage, Vimani ^a   Tretiakov, Alexei ^a   Crump, Barbara ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Interactive learning environments; Pedagogical issues; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

AFFORDANCES; COMPARATIVE METHODS; EXPERIENCE REPORT; INTERACTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; MULTI-USER VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT; PEDAGOGICAL ISSUES; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEWS; TEACHER BELIEFS; TEACHING AND LEARNING;

USER INTERFACES; VIRTUAL REALITY;

TEACHING;

EID: 79960864921     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2011.06.015     Document Type: Article

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