Different spaces but same places: Possibilities, pitfalls and persistent practices in Second Life

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

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1109-1120

  Willems, Julie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Persistent practices; Pitfalls; Possibilities; Second life

Indexed keywords

DEEP LEARNING; FORMAL EDUCATION; LEARNING DESIGNS; PERSISTENT PRACTICES; PITFALLS; POSSIBILITIES; SECOND LIFE; SOCIAL SHARING; TEACHING PRACTICES; WEB 2.0;

PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS;

EDUCATION;

EID: 84870921889     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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