A blended learning Approach to teaching foreign policy: Student experiences of learning through face-to-face and online discussion and their relationship to academic performance

Computers and Education

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 856-864

  Bliuc, Ana Maria ^a   Ellis, Robert A ^a   Goodyear, Peter ^a   Piggott, Leanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blended learning; Computer mediated communication; Learning through discussion; Phenomenography; Teaching learning strategies

Indexed keywords

BLENDED LEARNING; COMPUTER MEDIATED COMMUNICATION; LEARNING THROUGH DISCUSSION; PHENOMENOGRAPHY; TEACHING/LEARNING STRATEGY;

COMMUNICATION; STUDENTS; SURVEYS;

TEACHING;

EID: 78650176851     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2010.10.027     Document Type: Article

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