Connectivism: A knowledge learning theory for the digital age?

Medical Teacher

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 1064-1069

  Goldie, John Gerard Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; FILTRATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNET; LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; LEARNING THEORY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NETWORK LEARNING; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; PROCEDURES; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TRENDS; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

EDUCATION, DISTANCE; EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL; HUMANS; INTERNET; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84964636354     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0142159X.2016.1173661     Document Type: Article

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