Supporting student veterans: Utilizing game-based role-plays with virtual humans to build military cultural competency and helping behaviors in faculty and staff

Journal of Asynchronous Learning Network

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Cate, Chris A ^a   Albright, Glenn ^b  

^a Student Veterans of America ^*  (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 84938883701     PISSN: 19395256     EISSN: 10928235     Source Type: Journal    
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