Rethinking cognition, representations, and processes in 3D online social learning environments

Games and Simulations in Online Learning: Research and Development Frameworks

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 89-114

  Jones, James G ^a   Bronack, Stephen C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84898183231     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-304-3.ch005     Document Type: Chapter

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