Learning outcomes and students' perceptions of online writing: Simultaneous implementation of a forum, blog, and wiki in an EFL blended learning setting

System

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 185-199

  Miyazoe, Terumi ^a   Anderson, Terry ^b  

^a TOKYO DENKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ATHABASCA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blended learning; Blog; Collaborative learning; EFL; Forum; Reflective learning; Text analysis; Wiki

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953543499     PISSN: 0346251X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.system.2010.03.006     Document Type: Article

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