Flexible Learning and the Architecture of Learning Places

Handbook of Research on Educational Communications and Technology, Third Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 251-257

  Goodyear, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ergonomics of learning environments: The applied science that helps illuminate the relationships between a learner and a learnplace.; Flexible learning: Learning that is relatively free of logistical and educational constraints.; Learning places (or learnplaces): The immediate physical setting for someone s learning activity, including the tools and artifacts, digital and material, that come to hand.; Situated learning: A perspective on learning that emphasizes its social and physical context.

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861884169     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203880869-24     Document Type: Chapter

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