Practices with technology: Learning at the boundary between study and work

Journal of Computer Assisted Learning

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 385-398

  Thorpe, Mary ^a   Edmunds, R ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Socio cultural approaches to learning; Study work boundary; Technology practices; Technology enhanced learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052715027     PISSN: 02664909     EISSN: 13652729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2729.2010.00405.x     Document Type: Article

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