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If You Build It, Will They Interact? The Importance of the Instructor

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 January 2015

Wendy L. Bedwell*
Affiliation:
University of Central Florida
Eduardo Salas
Affiliation:
University of Central Florida
*
E-mail: wbedwell@ist.ucf.edu, Address: Department of Psychology and Institute for Simulation & Training, University of Central Florida, 3100 Technology Parkway, Orlando, FL 32826

Abstract

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Copyright
Copyright © Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2008 

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Footnotes

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Department of Psychology and Institute for Simulation & Training, University of Central Florida

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