Talking back to theory: The missed opportunities in learning technology research

ALT-J: Research in Learning Technology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 179-189

  Bennett, Sue ^a   Oliver, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Design; Learning technology; Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864068976     PISSN: 09687769     EISSN: 17411629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21567069.2011.624997     Document Type: Article

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