Australian higher education institutions transforming the future of teaching and learning through 3d virtual worlds

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

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 399-415

  Gregory, Sue ^a   Lee, Mark J W ^b   Ellis, Allan ^c   Gregory, Brent ^a   Wood, Denise ^d   Hillier, Mathew ^e   Campbell, Matthew ^f   Grenfell, Jenny ^g   Pace, Steven ^h   Farley, Helen ⁱ   Thomas, Angela ^j   Cram, Andrew ^k   Sinnappan, Suku ^l   Smith, Kerrie ^m   Hay, Lyn ^b   Warren, Ian ⁿ   Grant, Scott ^g   Kennedy Clark, Shannon ^o   Craven, David ^p   Dreher, Heinz ^q   Matthews, Carol ^e   Murdoch, Deborah ^b   Mckeown, Lindy ^r   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^f AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^h CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^j UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^k MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^l SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^m Education Services Australia   (Australia)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^o MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^p IES ^*  (Australia)

^q CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^r University of Southern   (Australia)

more..

Author keywords

Engagement; Immersion; Opensim; Reaction grid; Second life; Virtual worlds; Vwwg

Indexed keywords

ENGAGEMENT; IMMERSION; OPENSIM; REACTION GRID; SECOND LIFE; VIRTUAL WORLDS; VWWG;

CURRICULA; STUDENTS; TEACHING; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EID: 84870751443     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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