Learning science through knowledge-building and augmented reality in museums

Connecting Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning to Policy and Practice: CSCL 2011 Conference Proceedings - Long Papers, 9th International Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Conference

Volumn 1, Issue , 2011, Pages 9-16

  Yoon, Susan A ^a   Elinich, Karen J ^b   Steinmeier, Christopher ^a   Wang, Joyce ^a   Tucker, Sean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b The Franklin Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUGMENTED REALITY TECHNOLOGY; COGNITIVE GAINS; DIGITAL AUGMENTATION; DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES; HIGHER ORDER; LEARNING SCIENCE; SCIENCE MUSEUM;

AUGMENTED REALITY; SCAFFOLDS;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84863353533     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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