Can avatars replace the trainer? A case study evaluation

ICEIS 2004 - Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 208-213

  Mahmood, Ahmad Kamil ^a   Ferneley, Elaine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Avatars; E learning; Interpretive case study; Learning effectiveness

Indexed keywords

ANIMATION; DATA ACQUISITION; EDUCATION; LEARNING SYSTEMS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

AVATARS; E-LEARNING; INTERPRETIVE CASE STUDY; LEARNING EFFECTIVENESS;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE;

EID: 8444233224     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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