We've thrown away the pens, but are they learning? using blogs in higher education

ASCILITE 2008 - The Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 994-1001

  Strampel, Katrina ^a   Oliver, Ron ^a  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blogs; Cognition; Reflection; Tertiary education

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTING UNITS; COGNITION; COGNITIVE PROCESSING; COMPUTER-MEDIATED TECHNOLOGY; CRITICAL REFLECTIONS; HIGHER EDUCATION; LEARNING ACTIVITY; LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS; LEARNING OPPORTUNITY; LEARNING RESOURCE; LEARNING SUPPORT; LEARNING TASKS; ONLINE COURSE; STUDENT PERCEPTIONS; TERTIARY EDUCATION; UNIVERSITY CLASSROOMS;

BLOGS; COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; REFLECTION; STUDENTS; TEACHING; TECHNOLOGY;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 84871009025     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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