Employing the new educational technologists: A call for evidenced change

ASCILITE 2008 - The Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 917-926

  Shurville, Simon ^a   Browne, Tom ^b   Whitaker, Marian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Educational technologists; Flexible learning; Management; Organisational structure

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGISTS; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FLEXIBLE LEARNING; HIGHER EDUCATION; INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM; ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE; TECHNOLOGY ENHANCED LEARNING;

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; ENGINEERS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MANAGEMENT;

EDUCATION;

EID: 84871007419     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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