A blended approach to collaborative learning: Can it make large group teaching more student-centred?

ASCILITE 2006 - The Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 33-42

  Allen, Belinda ^a   Crosky, Alan ^b   McAlpine, Iain ^a   Hoffman, Mark ^b   Munroe, Paul ^b  

^a EDTeC   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Collaborative learning; Group work; Large group teaching; Online; Problem based learning; Student centred

Indexed keywords

COLLABORATIVE LEARNING; GROUP WORK; LARGE GROUPS; ONLINE; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; STUDENT-CENTRED;

CURRICULA; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84870876199     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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