Perceived satisfaction levels and student learning performance towards Second Life virtual environment for learning the Islamic concepts

Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1860-1864

  Zaid, Bassfar ^a   Jamaludin, Rozinah ^a   Hosam, Al Samarraie ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Learning virtual environment; Second Life

Indexed keywords

EID: 81755176809     PISSN: 19918178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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