The impact of the use of blogs on students' assignment engagement

Journal of Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism Education

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 99-105

  Cobanoglu, Cihan ^a   Berezina, Katerina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blog; Education; Student engagement

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955828463     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14738376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3794/johlste.101.282     Document Type: Article

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