Redesigning a web-conferencing environment to scaffold computing students' creative design processes

Educational Technology and Society

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 27-42

  Bower, Matt ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Creative design; Design based research; Interface design; Learning design; Technology; Web conferencing

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952858266     PISSN: 11763647     EISSN: 14364522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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