Activity systems as a framework for scaffolding participant reflections about distance education in an online instructional technology course

Reflective Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 536-555

  Yamagata Lynch, Lisa C ^a   Click, Aline ^b   Smaldino, Sharon E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b NIU eLearning Services   (United States)

^c NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cultural historical activity theory; distance education; online learning; qualitative research; reflective learning; reflective practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880002176     PISSN: 14623943     EISSN: 14701103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14623943.2013.809336     Document Type: Article

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