Enhancing tertiary healthcare education through 3D MUVE-based simulations

Teaching through Multi-User Virtual Environments: Applying Dynamic Elements to the Modern Classroom

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 341-364

  Miller, Charlynn ^a   Lee, Mark J W ^a   Rogers, Luke ^a   Meredith, Grant ^a   Peck, Blake ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

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DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61692-822-3.ch019     Document Type: Chapter

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