Using blogging for higher order learning in large-cohort university teaching: A case study

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

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 262-270

  Farmer, Brett ^a   Yue, Audrey ^a   Brooks, Claire ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Learner centred; Personalised learning; Social software; Weblogs

Indexed keywords

BLOGGING; EFFECTIVE LEARNING; HIGHER EDUCATION; LEARNER CENTRED; LIBERAL ARTS; PERSONALISED LEARNING; PROBLEM AREAS; SOCIAL SOFTWARE; UNIVERSITY TEACHING; WEBLOGGING; WEBLOGS;

EDUCATION;

LEARNING SYSTEMS;

EID: 84871026103     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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