Design of a blended learning environment: Considerations and implementation issues

Australasian Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-19

  Gedik, Nuray ^a   Kiraz, Ercan ^b   Ozden, M Yasar ^b  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

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EID: 84886005805     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14495554     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14742/ajet.6     Document Type: Article

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