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Self-directed learning – a learning issue for students and faculty!

Charlotte Silén Centre for Teaching and Learning (CUL), Department of Learning Informatics, Management and Ethics, LIME Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, SwedenCorrespondence[email protected]
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Lars Uhlin Centre for Educational Development and Research, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linkoping University, Linkoping, Sweden
Pages 461-475 | Published online: 26 Jun 2008

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