Engaging students in blended and online collaborative courses at university level through Second Life: Comparative perspectives and instructional affordances

New Review of Hypermedia and Multimedia

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 123-144

  Pellas, Nikolaos ^a   Kazanidis, Ioannis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^b TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF KAVALA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Blended learning; Online learning; Virtual worlds

Indexed keywords

E-LEARNING; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; RESEARCH; VIRTUAL REALITY;

BLENDED LEARNING; COLLABORATIVE ACTIVITIES; FUNCTIONAL CAPABILITIES; INNOVATIVE PERFORMANCE; ONLINE LEARNING; STUDENTS' ENGAGEMENTS; STUDENTS' SATISFACTION; VIRTUAL WORLDS;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84903757299     PISSN: 13614568     EISSN: 17407842     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13614568.2013.856958     Document Type: Review

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