New technology supporting informal learning

Journal of Emerging Technologies in Web Intelligence

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 27-33

  Downes, Stephen ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Distributed learning environment; E learning; Pedagogy of participation; Personal learning environment (PLE); RSS; Social web; Web 2.0

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649902292     PISSN: 17980461     EISSN: 17998859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4304/jetwi.2.1.27-33     Document Type: Article

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