Teaching computer science using Second Life as a learning environment

ASCILITE 2007 - The Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 583-586

  Kim Seng, Jet Lim ^a   Edirisinghe, E M Nalaka S ^a  

^a TEMASEK POLYTECHNIC   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Immersive education; Second Life; Virtual environments

Indexed keywords

IMMERSIVE; LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS; PILOT PROJECTS; SECOND LIFE; VIRTUAL CAMPUS; VIRTUAL WORLDS;

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; COMPUTER SCIENCE; TEACHING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EID: 84870994910     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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