Intercultural collaborative learning in virtual worlds

Cutting-Edge Technologies in Higher Education

Volumn 4, Issue , 2011, Pages 265-304

  Hasler, Béatrice S ^a  

^a INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cultural differences; Culture aware design; Global virtual teams; Intercultural literacy; Virtual worlds

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868517254     PISSN: 20449968     EISSN: 20449976     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S2044-9968(2011)0000004015     Document Type: Article

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