Second Life in education: A review of publications from its launch to 2011

British Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 357-371

  Wang, Feihong ^a   Burton, John K ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC LEVEL; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; LANGUAGE EDUCATION; RECENT RESEARCHES; REFEREED JOURNALS; RESEARCH QUESTIONS; SAMPLE SIZES; TEACHER EDUCATION;

TEACHING;

RESEARCH;

EID: 84876116408     PISSN: 00071013     EISSN: 14678535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8535.2012.01334.x     Document Type: Review

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