Visualizing behavioral data from a 3D virtual learning environment: A preliminary study

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 3387-3394

  Schmidt, Matthew ^a   Laffey, James ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS; BEHAVIORAL DATA; CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM; RESEARCH TEAMS; SPOKEN DIALOGUE; USAGE DATA; USER BEHAVIORS; VIRTUAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS;

E-LEARNING;

EID: 84857966723     PISSN: 15301605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HICSS.2012.639     Document Type: Conference Paper

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