Social constructivist e-learning: A case study

International Electronic Journal for Leadership in Learning

Volumn 11, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Barber, Michael ^a   Rich, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

E learning; Secondary school; Social constructivism

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547167501     PISSN: None     EISSN: 12069620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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