Learning with weblogs: Enhancing cognitive and social knowledge construction

IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-16

  Du, Helen S ^a   Wagner, Christian ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Constructivism; Learning log; Learning theory; Online learning; Weblog

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; E-LEARNING; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; SOCIAL ASPECTS; WEBSITES;

CONSTRUCTIVIST MODELS; INDIVIDUAL LEARNING; SOCIAL KNOWLEDGE CONSTRUCTION; WEBLOG;

LEARNING SYSTEMS;

EID: 34047109653     PISSN: 03611434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPC.2006.890848     Document Type: Article

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