Developing a virtual environment for teaching hotel management students

Proceedings of the IADIS International Conference e-Learning, EL 2007 - Part of the IADIS Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems, MCCSIS 2007

Volumn 2, Issue , 2007, Pages 194-199

  Penfold, Paul ^a   Ma, Henry ^a   Kong, Wai Fan ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Hospitality education; Hotel management; Simulations; Virtual hotel; Virtual learning

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HOTELS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION USE; LEARNING SYSTEMS; STUDENTS;

ACTIVE LEARNING; DIFFERENT CLASS; ENHANCE LEARNING; HOTEL MANAGEMENTS; INTERPERSONAL SKILLS; REAL WORLD SITUATIONS; SERVICE ENVIRONMENT; UNIVERSITY COURSE;

E-LEARNING;

EID: 85050591483     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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