Getting it from the Web: Why and how online resources are used by independent undergraduate learners

Journal of Computer Assisted Learning

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 372-382

  Kirkwood, A ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; Information literacy; Online learning; Pedagogy; Social context; Web based resources

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249098012     PISSN: 02664909     EISSN: 13652729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2729.2007.00265.x     Document Type: Article

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