Reorienting self-directed learning for the creative digital era

European Journal of Training and Development

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 712-731

  Karakas, Fahri ^a   Manisaligil, Alperen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital creativity; Digital ecosystem; Global connectivity; Human resource development; Online communities; Self directed learning; Social networks; Technological convergence; Training; Virtual collaboration; Web 2.0 technologies; World 2.0

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865364311     PISSN: 20469012     EISSN: 20469020     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03090591211255557     Document Type: Article

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