Collaborative learning across physical and virtual worlds: Factors supporting and constraining learners in a blended reality environment

British Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 407-430

  Bower, Matt ^a   Lee, Mark J W ^b   Dalgarno, Barney ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUDIO ACOUSTICS; AUDIO EQUIPMENT; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; STUDENTS; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENTS; COLLABORATIVE LEARNING; EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION; LEARNING AND TEACHINGS; PRE-SERVICE TEACHER; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECORDING EQUIPMENT; THREE-DIMENSIONAL VIRTUAL WORLD;

TEACHING;

EID: 84961285055     PISSN: 00071013     EISSN: 14678535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjet.12435     Document Type: Article

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