Emergent learning and learning ecologies in Web 2.0

International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 39-59

  Williams, Roy ^a   Karousou, Regina ^b   Mackness, Jenny ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b Independent Educational Researcher   (United Kingdom)

^c Independent Education Consultant   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Constraints; Emergent learning; Emergent learning networks; Learning ecologies; Prescriptive learning; Retrospective sense making

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954458813     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14923831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.19173/irrodl.v12i3.883     Document Type: Article

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