Designing an educational sim environment: Critical success factors

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

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 263-272

  Ellis, Allan ^a   Hassett, Amanda ^b   Rowe, Steve ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Top Dingo ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

3D virtual worlds; Immersive learning; Second life ; Virtual university campus

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTOR; IMMERSIVE LEARNING; INTERACTIVE FEATURES; ONLINE ENVIRONMENTS; SECOND LIFE; VIRTUAL CAMPUS; VIRTUAL UNIVERSITY; VIRTUAL WORLDS;

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EDUCATION;

EID: 84870952978     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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