Design, implementation and validation of a Europe-wide pedagogical framework for e-Learning

Computers and Education

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1052-1081

  Granić, Andrina ^a   Mifsud, Charles ^b   Ćukušić, Maja ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Cross cultural projects; Interactive learning environments; Pedagogical issues; Secondary education; Teaching learning strategies

Indexed keywords

CROSS-CULTURAL PROJECTS; INTERACTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS; PEDAGOGICAL ISSUES; SECONDARY EDUCATION; TEACHING/LEARNING STRATEGIES;

CURRICULA; E-LEARNING; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

TEACHING;

EID: 70149097534     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2009.05.018     Document Type: Article

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