Pre-service teachers' perspectives on using scenario-based MUVEs in science education

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

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 497-507

  Kennedy Clark, Shannon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

ICT; Pre service teachers; Problem based learning; Science education; Virtual worlds

Indexed keywords

ICT; PRE-SERVICE TEACHER; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; SCIENCE EDUCATION; VIRTUAL WORLDS;

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; SURVEYS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EDUCATION;

EID: 84870758923     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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