Exploring learner acceptance of the use of virtual reality in medical education: a case study of desktop and projection-based display systems

Interactive Learning Environments

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 3-19

  Huang, Hsiu Mei ^a   Liaw, Shu Sheng ^b   Lai, Chung Min ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAICHUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

imagination; immersion; interaction; technology acceptance model; virtual reality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84955175326     PISSN: 10494820     EISSN: 17445191     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10494820.2013.817436     Document Type: Article

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