Experiential learning in second life

17th Americas Conference on Information Systems 2011, AMCIS 2011

Volumn 3, Issue , 2011, Pages 2134-2143

  Stieglitz, Stefan ^a   Lattemann, Christoph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

E learning; Entrepreneurship; Experiential Learning; Second Life; Virtual Worlds

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION PROCESS; BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION; COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; ENTREPRENEURSHIP; EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING; EXTENSIVE RESOURCES; IMMERSIVE; IMMERSIVE LEARNING; INTERACTION TECHNIQUES; SECOND LIFE; SPECIFIC LEARNING; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) ENVIRONMENTS; VIRTUAL WORLDS;

E-LEARNING; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EID: 84870205636     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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