Cybernetic principles for learning design

Kybernetes

Volumn 36, Issue 9-10, 2007, Pages 1497-1514

  Scott, Bernard ^a   Shurville, Simon ^a   MacLean, Piers ^a   Cong, Chunyu ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cybernetics; Design; Learning

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; CURRICULA; CYBERNETICS; DESIGN; LEARNING SYSTEMS; TEACHING;

DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; E-LEARNING MATERIALS; INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGNS; INTERACTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; LEARNING; LEARNING EXPERIENCES; REFLECTIVE PRACTICES; THEORIES OF LEARNING;

E-LEARNING;

EID: 36448958374     PISSN: 0368492X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03684920710827445     Document Type: Article

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