Towards an analysis framework for investigating students' engagement and learning in educational blogs

Journal of Computer Assisted Learning

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 222-234

  Jimoyiannis, A ^a   Angelaina, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PELOPONNESE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Blogs; Community of inquiry; Computer supported collaborative learning; SNA analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861222973     PISSN: 02664909     EISSN: 13652729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2729.2011.00467.x     Document Type: Article

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