Learning support in Multi-User Virtual Environments

European Conference on Games Based Learning, ECGBL 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 185-192

  Livingstone, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Multi User Virtual Environments; MUVE; Second life; Virtual Learning Environments; VLE

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; STUDENTS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TOOLS; VIRTUAL REALITY; WEBSITES;

MULTI-USER VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT; MUVE; SECOND LIFE; VIRTUAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS; VLE;

E-LEARNING;

EID: 84897534009     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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