Responding to learners' need for choice: Flexible learning modes for creating an e-learning community

ASCILITE 2007 - The Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1041-1044

  Van den Eynde, Julie ^a   Newcombe, Peter A ^a   Steel, Caroline H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Building community; Criminology; E learning; Flexible learning; Sense of community

Indexed keywords

ACTION RESEARCH; BUILDING COMMUNITY; COMMUNITY OF LEARNERS; CRIMINOLOGY; FLEXIBLE DELIVERY; FLEXIBLE LEARNING; LEARNING MODE; LEARNING OUTCOME; ONLINE TEACHING; SENSE OF COMMUNITY; STUDENT GROUPS; STUDENT LEARNING;

E-LEARNING; SOCIAL SCIENCES; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

LEARNING SYSTEMS;

EID: 84871016430     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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