Introducing jass easterman: My Second Life learning space

ASCILITE 2009 - The Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 377-386

  Gregory, Sue ^a   Tynan, Belinda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Learning spaces; Pedagogy; Second life; Virtual classroom; Virtual worlds

Indexed keywords

LEARNING SPACES; PEDAGOGY; SECOND LIFE; VIRTUAL CLASSROOM; VIRTUAL WORLDS;

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; EDUCATION; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; STUDENTS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

E-LEARNING;

EID: 84870879834     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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