Learning effectiveness in a desktop virtual reality-based learning environment

Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Computers in Education, ICCE 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 832-839

  Lee, Elinda Ai Lim ^a,b   Wong, Kok Wai ^a   Fung, Chun Che ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Academic performance; Desktop virtual reality; Perceived learning; Satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS; ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; CLASSROOM LEARNING; CONTROL GROUPS; DESKTOP VIRTUAL REALITY; LEARNING EFFECTIVENESS; LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS; LEARNING QUALITY; PERCEIVED LEARNING; SATISFACTION;

COMPUTER SCIENCE; TEACHING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84857080018     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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