Self organising wayfinding support for lifelong learners

Education and Information Technologies

Volumn 10, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 109-121

  Tattersall, Colin ^a   Manderveld, Jocelyn ^a   Van Den Berg, Bert ^a   Van Es, René ^a   Janssen, José ^a   Koper, Rob ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Educational wayfinding; Lifelong learning; Self directed learning; Self organisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 24144440944     PISSN: 13602357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10639-005-6750-9     Document Type: Article

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