The effectiveness of virtual worlds for education: An empirical study

16th Americas Conference on Information Systems 2010, AMCIS 2010

Volumn 3, Issue , 2010, Pages 2197-2207

  Jestice, Rebecca J ^a   Kahai, Surinder ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Immersion; Situated learning; Telepresence; Virtual worlds

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION USE; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; VIRTUAL REALITY; VISUAL COMMUNICATION;

COGNITIVE LEARNING; DECLARATIVE KNOWLEDGE; IMMERSION; PERCEIVED LEARNING; SITUATED LEARNING; SLIDE PRESENTATIONS; TELEPRESENCE; VIRTUAL WORLDS;

E-LEARNING;

EID: 84870337820     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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