A taxonomy of virtual worlds usage in education

British Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 949-964

  Duncan, Ishbel ^a   Miller, Alan ^a   Jiang, Shangyi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b INTEL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PAPER; COLLABORATIVE WORK; EDUCATIONAL THEORY; VIRTUAL WORLDS;

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; TAXONOMIES; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EDUCATION;

EID: 84867582283     PISSN: 00071013     EISSN: 14678535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8535.2011.01263.x     Document Type: Article

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