Accessing Flexible Learning Opportunities: Children's and Young People's use of Laptops in a Paediatric Hospital

Technology, Pedagogy and Education

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-20

  Nisselle, Amy ^a,b,c   Hanns, Shaun ^a   Green, Julie ^a,b,d,e   Jones, Tony ^e  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c Simons Center for Quantitative Biology   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

children; education; hospital; illness; learning; technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858685793     PISSN: 1475939X     EISSN: 17475139     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1475939X.2012.659883     Document Type: Article

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