What does 'impact' mean in the evaluation of learning technology?

Educational Technology and Society

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 18-26

  Oliver, Martin ^a   Harvey, Jen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Impact; Learning; Learning technology; Organisational change; Staff development

Indexed keywords

EID: 1642601732     PISSN: 14364522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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