Enhance students' computing skills via web-mediated self-regulated learning with feedback in blended environment

International Journal of Technology and Human Interaction

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 15-32

  Lee, Tsang Hsiung ^a   Shen, Pei Di ^b   Tsai, Chia Wen ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b MING CHUAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Blended learning; Computing education; E learning; Feedback; Web Mediated SRL

Indexed keywords

BLENDED LEARNING; CERTIFICATION EXAMS; COMPUTING EDUCATION; COMPUTING SKILLS; CONTROL GROUPS; EXPERIMENTAL GROUPS; MICROSOFT WORD; PASS RATE; PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS; SELF-REGULATED LEARNING; STUDENT LEARNING;

BIOGRAPHIES; E-LEARNING;

STUDENTS;

EID: 74349095338     PISSN: 15483908     EISSN: 15483916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jthi.2010091702     Document Type: Article

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