3D immersive virtual worlds in higher education: An Australian and New Zealand scoping study

ASCILITE 2010 - The Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 269-280

  Dalgarno, Barney ^a   Lee, Mark J W ^a   Carlson, Lauren ^a   Gregory, Sue ^b   Tynan, Belinda ^b  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

3D immersive virtual world; 3D multi user virtual environment; Second life

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITIES; HIGHER EDUCATION; HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS; IMMERSIVE; MULTI-USER VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT; NEW ENGLAND; NEW ZEALAND; RESEARCH CONSORTIUM; RESEARCH DESIGNS; SCOPING; SECOND LIFE; TEAM MEMBERS; VIRTUAL WORLDS;

DISTANCE EDUCATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EID: 84870743940     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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