Teaching 21st-Century Art Education in a Virtual Age: Art Café @ Second Life

Art Education

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 19-24

  Lu, Lilly ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84857359486     PISSN: 00043125     EISSN: 23255161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00043125.2010.11519098     Document Type: Article

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