The adoption of a virtual learning environment in a teacher education institution: the processes and tensions

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The adoption of a virtual learning environment in a teacher education institution: the processes and tensions

The study investigates the processes by which a teacher education institution in Antigua and Barbuda learns to use Moodle, a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE), as a tool to offer courses online. Also under investigation were the tensions inherent in this change process. The research employs element...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Benn, Patricia J.A.
Format:	Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:	English
Published:	2016
Subjects:	Change Professional Development Activity Theory eLearning
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/33633/

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