A Black Swan in a Sea of White Noise: Using Technology-Enhanced Learning to Afford Educational Inclusivity for Learners with Asperger’s Syndrome

Against a backdrop of increasingly vocation-focussed course provision within higher education, of widening participation initiatives intended to promote greater inclusion for learners affected by learning difficulties, and of moves towards greater use of social and collaborative forms of learning, t...

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Main Author: McDowell, James (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cogitatio Press 2015
In: Social Inclusion
Year: 2015, Volume: 3, Issue: 6, Pages: 7-15
Further subjects:B autistic spectrum
B computer-mediated communication
B technology-enhanced learning
B Asperger’s Syndrome
B Collaborative learning
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