Towards a research agenda for the use of three-dimensional virtual worlds in language learning

CALICO Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 67-80

  Peterson, Mark ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Active worlds; Avatars; Second life; Three dimensional (3 D) virtual worlds; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

EID: 85044882354     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20569017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11139/cj.29.1.67-80     Document Type: Review

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