Professional Education Using E-Simulations: Benefits of Blended Learning Design Dale Holt Deakin University, Australia Stephen Segrave Deakin University, Australia Jacob L. Cybulski Deakin University, Australia
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Professional education using e-simulations: benefits of blended learning design / Dale Holt, Stephen Segrave and Jacob L. Cybulski, editors. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. Summary: “This book disseminates current research and best practice for diffusion of e-Simulations in professional education, providing both theoretical frameworks and case-based evidence to assist the target readership to build their own capacity for developing and/or using e-Simulations”--Provided by publisher. ISBN 978-1-61350-189-4 (hardcover) -- ISBN 978-1-61350-190-0 (ebook) -- ISBN 978-1-61350-191-7 (print & perpetual access) 1. Professional education--Computer-assisted instruction. 2. Blended learning. I. Holt, Dale, 1957- II. Segrave, Stephen, 1954- III. Cybulski, Jacob L., 1958LC1059.P755 2012 371.33’4--dc22 2011009282
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