Why do students still bother coming to lectures, when everything is available online?

International Journal of Innovation in Science and Mathematics Education

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 20-36

  Gysbers, Vanessa ^a   Johnston, Jill ^a   Hancock, Dale ^a   Denyer, Gareth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asynchronous learning; Blended learning; Lectopia; Lecture attendance; On campus education; Web based lecture technologies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84255200436     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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