Collaborative virtual environments as means to increase the level of inter subjectivity in a distributed cognition system

Journal of Research on Technology in Education

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 339-357

  Beatrice Ligorio, M ^a   Cesareni, Donatella ^b   Schwartz, Neil ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Distributed cognition; Inter subjectivity; Virtual community

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008776600     PISSN: 15391523     EISSN: 19450818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15391523.2008.10782511     Document Type: Article

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