"A chimera of sorts": Rethinking educational technology grant programs, courseware innovation, and the language of educational change

Computers and Education

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1184-1197

  Wolff, William I ^a  

^a ROWAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Courseware development; Educational technology; Innovation; Learning communities; Post secondary education

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; MARKETING; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; TECHNOLOGY; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE; COURSEWARE; COURSEWARE DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; HIGHER EDUCATION; INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES; LEARNING COMMUNITIES; MARKETING CAMPAIGNS; POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION; POTENTIAL BARRIERS; RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES;

INNOVATION;

EID: 48549099664     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2007.11.005     Document Type: Article

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