Shifts in student motivation during usage of a multi- user virtual environment for ecosystem science

International Journal of Virtual and Personal Learning Environments

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1-15

  Metcalf, Shari ^a   Chen, Jason ^b   Kamarainen, Amy ^a   Frumin, Kim ^a   Vickrey, Trisha ^c   Grotzer, Tina ^a   Dede, Chris ^a  

^a HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

^b Dept of Economics and Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy at the College of William and Mary   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

EcoMUVE; EcoMUVE pond module; Inquiry based teaching; Multi user virtual environments (MUVEs); Virtual avatar

Indexed keywords

EID: 84943545188     PISSN: 19478518     EISSN: 19478526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/IJVPLE.2014100101     Document Type: Article

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