Alternative realities: Immersive learning for and with students

Distance Learning Technology, Current Instruction, and the Future of Education: Applications of Today, Practices of Tomorrow

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 245-271

  Gregory, Sue ^a   Reiners, Torsten ^b,c   Tynan, Belinda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84887478602     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61520-672-8.ch015     Document Type: Chapter

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