Assessing the effects of interactive blogging on student attitudes towards peer interaction, learning motivation, and academic achievements

Journal of Computer Assisted Learning

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 126-135

  Yang, C ^a   Chang, Y S ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG CHOU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Blogs; Hybrid learning environment; Peer learning; Web based learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858281218     PISSN: 02664909     EISSN: 13652729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2729.2011.00423.x     Document Type: Article

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