V-learning:distance education in the 21st century through 3D virtual learning environments

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Annetta Leonard A.
Corporate Authors: SpringerLink (Online serveice)
Group Author: Folta Elizabeth.; Klesath Marta, 1971-
Published: Springer,
Publisher Address: Dordrecht London
Publication Dates: 2010.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3627-8
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xv, 182 p.): ill.
ISBN: 9789048136278
904813627X
9789048136209 (hbk.)
9048136202 (hbk.)
Index Number: G434
CLC: G434
Contents: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Foreword; Acknowledgment; Contents; 1 Distance Learning in the 21st Century; 2 Millennials and Why They Fail in Distance Learning Environments; 3 The Power of Serious Games in Education and Why We Are at a Critical Crossroads in Distance Education; 4 Use of Virtual Learning Environments in Distance Education; 5 Serious Games, Simulations, and Case-Based Reasoning; 6 The Role of Synchronous Interactions Within Higher Education Distance Education Courses; 7 Presence, Identity, Self-Representation, and Perspective Taking Within Virtual Online Courses.