Motivations and students' perceptions of learning: An empirical study of blogs

MCCSIS'08 - IADIS Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems; Proceedings of ICT, Society and Human Beings 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 10-17

  Tan, Jin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blogging; Higher education (HE); Learning; Motivations

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INTERNET; MOTIVATION; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

BLOGGING; HIGHER EDUCATION (HE); LEARNING; LEARNING EXPERIENCES; LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES; MOTIVATIONS; RESEARCH METHODS;

EDUCATION;

EID: 58449120065     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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