Using radar charts with qualitative evaluation: Techniques to assess change in blended learning

Active Learning in Higher Education

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 23-41

  Kaczynski, Dan ^a   Wood, Leigh ^b   Harding, Ansie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA   (United States)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Blended learning; Curriculum development; Evaluation; Instructional assessment; International education; Qualitative research; Radar chart

Indexed keywords

EID: 40349096731     PISSN: 14697874     EISSN: 17412625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1469787407086743     Document Type: Article

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