Analysing students' engagement and learning presence in an educational blog community

Educational Media International

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 183-200

  Angelaina, Sophia ^a   Jimoyiannis, Athanassios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PELOPONNESE   (Greece)

Author keywords

blogs; collaborative learning; Community of Inquiry; learning mapping; learning presence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869164060     PISSN: 09523987     EISSN: 14695790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09523987.2012.738012     Document Type: Article

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