Presentation to UNCTAD's advisory group on "Developing skills, knowledge and capacities through innovation: E-Learning, M-Learning, cloud-Learning"
Published | December 2013 |
Type of work | blog entry |
Publisher | Half an Hour A place to write, half an hour, every day, just for me. |
Keywords | assessment · Coursera · credentialing · e-learning · informal learning · MOOC · sustainability |
URL | http://halfanhour.blogspot.ca/2013/12/presentation-to-unctads-advisory-group.html |
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