Computing technology for learning - In need of a radical new conception

Educational Technology and Society

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 94-106

  Beynon, Meurig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computing; Construal; Constructionism; Dependency; Educational technology; Learning; Modelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947641501     PISSN: 11763647     EISSN: 14364522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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