Using mLearning and MOOCs to understand chaos, emergence, and complexity in education

International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning

Volumn 12, Issue 7 SPECIAL ISSUE, 2011, Pages 94-115

  deWaard, Inge ^a   Abajian, Sean ^b   Gallagher, Michael Sean ^c   Hogue, Rebecca ^d   Keskin, Nilgün ^e   Koutropoulos, Apostolos ^f   Rodriguez, Osvaldo C ^g  

^a ATHABASCA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Los Angeles Unified School District   (United States)

^c JSTOR   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^e ANADOLU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^g UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Chaos theory; Collaborative learning; Complexity; Emergence; mLearning; Mobile technology; MobiMOOC; MOOC

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857125851     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14923831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.19173/irrodl.v12i7.1046     Document Type: Article

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