Learning within a connectivist educational collective blog model: A case study of UK higher education

Electronic Journal of e-Learning

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 253-262

  Garcia, Elaine ^a,b   Brown, Mel ^a   Elbeltagi, Ibrahim ^b  

^a PLYMOUTH COLLEGE OF ART   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blogs; Case study; Connectivism; Higher education; Learning; Teaching; Web 2.0

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881635730     PISSN: 14794403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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