What is an affordance and can it help us understand the use of ICT in education?

Education and Information Technologies

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 205-217

  Hammond, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Affordances; Ecological psychology; Perception of ICT; Uses of ICT

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954143004     PISSN: 13602357     EISSN: 15737608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10639-009-9106-z     Document Type: Article

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