Design perspectives for learning in virtual worlds

Designs for Learning Environments of the Future: International Perspectives from the Learning Sciences

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 111-141

  Jacobson, Michael J ^a   Kim, Beaumie ^b   Miao, Chunyan ^c   Shen, Zhiqi ^c   Chavez, Mark ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Collaborative learning; Design; Intelligent agents; Knowledge transfer; Scientific inquiry; Virtual environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892202528     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-88279-6_5     Document Type: Chapter

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