Pedagogical and design aspects of a blended learning course

International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 1-16

  Precel, Karen ^a   Eshet Alkalai, Yoram ^a   Alberton, Yael ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Blended learning model; Online learning; Pedagogical design; Usability

Indexed keywords

EID: 69549086651     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14923831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.19173/irrodl.v10i2.618     Document Type: Article

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