The role of teacher's initiation in online pedagogy

Education and Training

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 456-471

  Tsai, Chia Wen ^a  

^a MING CHUAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Computer based learning; E learning; Initiation; Involvement; Learning; Online collaborative learning; Online self regulated learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864489005     PISSN: 00400912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00400911211254253     Document Type: Article

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