Presence and the role of activity theory in understanding: How students learn in virtual learning environments

Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (Subseries of Lecture Notes in Computer Science)

Volumn 2117, Issue , 2001, Pages 123-129

  Jelfs, Anne ^a   Whitelock, Denise ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY COEFFICIENTS; COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; STUDENTS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ACTIVITY THEORY; CONCEPTUAL LEARNING; HUMAN INTERACTIONS; LEARNING EXPERIENCES; VIRTUAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS;

E-LEARNING;

EID: 84943240204     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/3-540-44617-6_12     Document Type: Conference Paper

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