Building an effective online learning community (OLC) in blog-based teaching portfolios

Internet and Higher Education

Volumn 20, Issue , 2014, Pages 79-85

  Tang, Eunice ^a   Lam, Cherlotte ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Blog; Blog based teaching portfolios; Mentorship; Online learning community (OLC); Reflection; Teacher education

Indexed keywords

BLOG; MENTORSHIP; ONLINE LEARNING COMMUNITY; TEACHER EDUCATION; TEACHING PORTFOLIO;

BLOGS; COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; FUNCTION EVALUATION; LEARNING SYSTEMS; ONLINE SYSTEMS; REFLECTION; TEACHING;

E-LEARNING;

EID: 84889095227     PISSN: 10967516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iheduc.2012.12.002     Document Type: Article

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