From Moodle to Facebook: Exploring students' motivation and experiences in online communities

Computers and Education

Volumn 68, Issue , 2013, Pages 167-176

  Deng, Liping ^a   Tavares, Nicole Judith ^b  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Computer mediated communication; Improving classroom teaching; Learning communities

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION; IMPROVING CLASSROOM TEACHING; LEARNING COMMUNITY; ON-LINE COMMUNITIES; PRE-SERVICE TEACHER; STUDENTS' ENGAGEMENTS; SUBJECTIVE PERCEPTIONS; WEB-BASED ENVIRONMENT;

ACTIVITY COEFFICIENTS; MOTIVATION; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84878543750     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2013.04.028     Document Type: Article

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