Cyborg ontologies and the lecturer's voice: A posthuman reading of the 'face-to-face'

Learning, Media and Technology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 198-211

  Gourlay, Lesley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

lectures; mobile networked devices; posthuman theory; virtual learning environments

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862239322     PISSN: 17439884     EISSN: 17439892     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17439884.2012.671773     Document Type: Article

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