An empirically grounded framework to guide blogging in higher education

Journal of Computer Assisted Learning

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 31-42

  Kerawalla, L ^a   Minocha, S ^a   Kirkup, G ^a   Conole, G ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blogging; Blogs; Distance learning; Higher education; Learning design

Indexed keywords

EID: 58449125941     PISSN: 02664909     EISSN: 13652729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2729.2008.00286.x     Document Type: Article

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