The effects of learners' aptitude and transformation of social web activity experiences on online learning: An exploratory study

Proceedings - ICCE 2008: 16th International Conference on Computers in Education

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 197-204

  Chen, Tzy Ling ^a   Yueh, Hsiu Ping ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Learner aptitude; Learner perception; Online learning; Social web activity

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING; EXPLORATORY STUDIES; FOUR-GROUP; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGNS; INTERACTION EFFECT; LEARNER APTITUDE; MAIN EFFECT; ONLINE LEARNING; PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES; TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS; WEB ACTIVITIES;

COMPUTER SCIENCE; LEARNING SYSTEMS; STUDENTS; SURVEYS;

E-LEARNING;

EID: 84863048526     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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