Personal Learning Environments, social media, and self-regulated learning: A natural formula for connecting formal and informal learning

Internet and Higher Education

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-8

  Dabbagh, Nada ^a   Kitsantas, Anastasia ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Personal Learning Environment (PLE); Self regulated learning; Social media; Web 2.0

Indexed keywords

HIGHER EDUCATION; INFORMAL LEARNING; PEDAGOGICAL APPROACH; PERSONAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; SELF-REGULATED LEARNING; SOCIAL MEDIA; THREE-LEVEL; WEB 2.0;

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS;

INTERNET;

EID: 82455167807     PISSN: 10967516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iheduc.2011.06.002     Document Type: Article

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