Identifying effective pedagogical approaches for online workplace training: A case study of the South African wood products manufacturing sector

International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Macdonald, Ian S ^a   Bullen, Mark ^b   Kozak, R A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BRITISH COLUMBIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Constructivism; Corporate training; e learning; Learning activities; Pedagogy; Workplace learners

Indexed keywords

EID: 37649009896     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14923831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.19173/irrodl.v8i3.400     Document Type: Article

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