Technology affordances: The 'real story' in research with K-12 and undergraduate learners

British Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 191-209

  Wijekumar, Kay J ^a   Meyer, Bonnie J F ^b   Wagoner, Diane ^c   Ferguson, Lon ^c  

^a Pennsylvania State University ^*  (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS; LEARNING MODE; LEARNING OUTCOMES; UNDERGRADUATE LEARNERS;

COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER SCIENCE; EDUCATION COMPUTING; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; STUDENTS;

LEARNING SYSTEMS;

EID: 33644968225     PISSN: 00071013     EISSN: 14678535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8535.2005.00528.x     Document Type: Article

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