Emergency response: Elearning for paramedics and firefighters

Simulation and Gaming

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 515-527

  Taber, Nancy ^a  

^a MOUNT SAINT VINCENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Collaborative learning; Elearning; Emergency response; Experiential learning; Firefighting; Learning communities; Learning theory; Organizational learning; Paramedics; Simulations; Software development; Technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 56049114900     PISSN: 10468781     EISSN: 1552826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1046878107306669     Document Type: Article

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