Linking radical constructivism and semiotics to design a constructivist learning environment

Journal of Computing in Higher Education

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 34-51

  Uden, Lorna ^a   Liu, Kecheng ^a   Shank, Gary ^b  

^a STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

affordances; agents; collaborative; learning environment; radical constructivism; semiotics

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747863301     PISSN: 10421726     EISSN: 18671233     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02940955     Document Type: Article

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