Institutional support for and barriers to the use of 3D immersive virtual worlds in higher education

ASCILITE 2011 - The Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 316-330

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

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

3D immersive virtual world; Institutional support; Second life; Technical issues

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC STAFF; ANECDOTAL EVIDENCES; AUSTRALIA; HIGHER EDUCATION; HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS; IMMERSIVE; INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT; LARGE PARTS; POTENTIAL BENEFITS; SCOPING; SECOND LIFE; TECHNICAL ISSUES; VIRTUAL WORLDS;

EDUCATION; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SURVEYS; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EID: 84870812790     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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