Using technology for teaching and learning in higher education: A critical review of the role of evidence in informing practice

Higher Education Research and Development

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 549-564

  Price, Linda ^a   Kirkwood, Adrian ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

evidence; learning; practice; scholarship of teaching and learning; teaching; technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900012660     PISSN: 07294360     EISSN: 14698366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07294360.2013.841643     Document Type: Article

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