Learning outside the walls of the classroom: Engaging the digital natives

Australasian Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 227-244

  Veira, Andrea K ^a   Leacock, Coreen J ^b   Warrican, S Joel ^b  

^a St Vincent Girls' High School St Vincent and the Grenadines   (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

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EID: 84900407702     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14495554     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14742/ajet.349     Document Type: Article

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