Connectivism: Its place in Theory-informed research and innovation in technology-enabled learning

International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 98-118

  Bell, Frances ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activity theory; Actor network theory; Change management; Connectivism; Evaluation; Implementation; Learning; Research; Social shaping of technology; Theory; Zone of proximal development

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954510827     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14923831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.19173/irrodl.v12i3.902     Document Type: Article

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