Blogging as a social medium in undergraduate courses: Sense of community best predictor of perceived learning

Internet and Higher Education

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 24-28

  Top, Ercan ^a  

^a ABANT IZZET BAYSAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Collaborative learning; Perceived learning; Sense of community; Social media

Indexed keywords

BLOGGING; COLLABORATIVE LEARNING; COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSIONS; ONLINE QUESTIONNAIRE; PERCEIVED LEARNING; POSITIVE FEELINGS; PRE-SERVICE TEACHER; PRODUCT-MOMENT CORRELATION; RESEARCH QUESTIONS; SENSE OF COMMUNITY; SOCIAL MEDIA; UNDERGRADUATE COURSES;

INTERNET; SURVEYS;

TEACHING;

EID: 82455167844     PISSN: 10967516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iheduc.2011.02.001     Document Type: Article

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