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Positive Digital Practices: Supporting Positive Learner Identities and Student Mental Wellbeing in Technology-Enhanced Higher Education

Journal of Interactive Media in Education
Volume 2024 (2024): Issue 1
By: Kate Lister,  Elena Riva,  Alison Hartley,  Philippa Waterhouse,  Naomi Moller,  Leigh Downes,  Tim Coughlan,  Agnes Kukulska-Hulme,  Elaine McPherson,  Ian Macdonald,  Sophie Jones-Tinsley,  Cath Brown and  Ruth Tudor  
Open Access
|Feb 2024

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/jime.831 | Journal eISSN: 1365-893X
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Language: English
Submitted on: Apr 23, 2023
Accepted on: Oct 9, 2023
Published on: Feb 15, 2024
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
Keywords:
Student,
mental health,
mental wellbeing,
co-creation,
inclusion,
identity

© 2024 Kate Lister, Elena Riva, Alison Hartley, Philippa Waterhouse, Naomi Moller, Leigh Downes, Tim Coughlan, Agnes Kukulska-Hulme, Elaine McPherson, Ian Macdonald, Sophie Jones-Tinsley, Cath Brown, Ruth Tudor, published by Ubiquity Press
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