How and what university students learn through online and face-to-face discussion: Conceptions, intentions and approaches

Journal of Computer Assisted Learning

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 244-256

  Ellis, R A ^a   Goodyear, P ^a   Prosser, M ^b   O'Hara, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b HIGHER EDUCATION ACADEMY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blended learning; Discussions; Online learning; Undergraduate

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745699073     PISSN: 02664909     EISSN: 13652729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2729.2006.00173.x     Document Type: Review

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