Weblog as a learning tool in higher education

Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 176-185

  Namwar, Yousef ^a,b   Rastgoo, Azam ^a,b  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Higher education; Technology; Weblog

Indexed keywords

EID: 46749118400     PISSN: 13026488     EISSN: 13026488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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