The unexpected connection: Serendipity and human mediation in networked learning

Educational Technology and Society

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 2-11

  Kop, Rita ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Information literacy; Networked learning; Recommender; RSS; Serendipity; Twitter

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871533469     PISSN: 11763647     EISSN: 14364522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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