Impact of virtual training environments on the acquisition and transfer of knowledge

Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 210-214

  Moskaliuk, Johannes ^a   Bertram, Johanna ^b   Cress, Ulrike ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b KNOWLEDGE MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COOPERATION; EDUCATION; HUMAN; LEARNING; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; POLICE;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; LEARNING; MOTIVATION; POLICE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84875160776     PISSN: 21522715     EISSN: 21522723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2012.0416     Document Type: Article

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