Cooperative weblog learning in higher education: Its facilitating effects on social interaction, time lag, and cognitive load

Educational Technology and Society

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 95-106

  Huang, Tien Chi ^a   Huang, Yueh Min ^b   Yu, Fu Yun ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAICHUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Blended learning; Cooperative learning; Social interaction; Weblog

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952846862     PISSN: 11763647     EISSN: 14364522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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