Connectivism: Learning theory of the future or vestige of the past?

International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Kop, Rita ^a   Hill, Adrian ^b  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Open School BC   (Canada)

Author keywords

Distance education; E learning; Educational theory; Learning theory; Online learning; Open learning; Pedagogy

Indexed keywords

EID: 57349152133     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14923831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.19173/irrodl.v9i3.523     Document Type: Review

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