A systematic approach for learner group composition utilizing U-learning portfolio

Educational Technology and Society

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 102-117

  Huang, Yueh Min ^a,b   Wu, Ting Ting ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHIA NAN UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Collaborative learning; Group composition; Learning portfolio; Ubiquitous learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053527218     PISSN: 11763647     EISSN: 14364522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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