Emerging web technologies in higher education: A case of incorporating blogs, podcasts and social bookmarks in a web programming course based on students' learning styles and technology preferences

Educational Technology and Society

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 98-109

  Saeed, Nauman ^a   Yang, Yun ^a   Sinnappan, Suku ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Emerging web technologies; Higher education; Learning styles; Technology preferences

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954247691     PISSN: 11763647     EISSN: 14364522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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