Sage without a stage: Expanding the object of teaching in a web-based, high-school classroom

International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1-19

  Murphy, Elizabeth ^a   Rodriguez Manzanares, Maria A ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cultural historical activity theory; e Teaching; Expansive learning; High school; Online learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349378541     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14923831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.19173/irrodl.v10i3.579     Document Type: Article

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