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What is Wrap-Around Model

Chapter 33
Encyclopedia of Information Communication Technology
It is an e-learning mixed model consisting of partly online activities and partly predefined and structured content. It encourages a resources-based approach to learning and provides the learners with more freedom and responsibility. The tutor’s role is of the “pull” kind because only a small part of the content course is predefined.
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E-Learning Methodological Models and Typologies
Maria Ranieri (University of Florence, Italy)
Copyright: © 2009 |Pages: 7
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-845-1.ch033
Abstract
This article aims to examine these different e-learning models and discuss some recent evolutions in this field due to the development of online learning communities (Palloff & Pratt, 1999) and the diffusion of social networking practices that have emerged in the Web in recent years (Bonaiuti, 2006).
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