Effects of traditional, blended and e-learning on students' achievement in higher education

Journal of Computer Assisted Learning

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 220-234

  Al Qahtani, Awadh A Y ^a   Higgins, S E ^b  

^a UMM AL QURA UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Achievement; Blended learning; E learning; Higher education; Islamic studies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875859579     PISSN: 02664909     EISSN: 13652729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2729.2012.00490.x     Document Type: Article

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