Towards a framework for educational affordances of blogs

Computers and Education

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 441-451

  Deng, Liping ^a   Yuen, Allan H K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Authoring tools and methods; Blog; Learning communities; Pedagogical issues

Indexed keywords

AFFORDANCES; AUTHORING TOOLS AND METHODS; BLOG; BLOGGING; EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS; EXPLORATORY STUDIES; LEARNING COMMUNITY; NEW DIMENSIONS; ONLINE PUBLISHING; PEDAGOGICAL ISSUES; SELF REFLECTION; SOCIAL INTERACTIONS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TEACHER EDUCATION; TEACHING PRACTICES;

BLOGS; INTERNET;

TEACHING;

EID: 78149466668     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2010.09.005     Document Type: Article

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