Fostering information problem solving skills through online task-centred instruction in higher education

Computers and Education

Volumn 180, Issue , 2022, Pages

  Argelagós, Esther ^a,b   Garcia, Consuelo ^a   Privado, Jesús ^a   Wopereis, Iwan ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD INTERNACIONAL DE LA RIOJA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Digital information; Higher education; Information problem solving; Literature review; Online education; Task centred instruction

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; E-LEARNING; EDUCATION COMPUTING;

ACADEMIC LITERATURE; DIGITAL INFORMATION; GRADUATE STUDENTS; HIGH EDUCATIONS; INFORMATION PROBLEM SOLVING; LITERATURE REVIEWS; ON-LINE EDUCATION; PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS; SELF EFFICACY; TASK-CENTERED INSTRUCTION;

STUDENTS;

EID: 85122543028     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2022.104433     Document Type: Article

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