Students' perceptions of a blended web-based learning environment

Learning Environments Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 31-44

  Chandra, Vinesh ^a   Fisher, Darrell L ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blended learning; Perceptions; Physics; Science; WEBLEI

Indexed keywords

EID: 61449100381     PISSN: 13871579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10984-008-9051-6     Document Type: Article

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