A framework for investigating blended learning effectiveness

Education and Training

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 233-251

  Wong, Lily ^a   Tatnall, Arthur ^a   Burgess, Stephen ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adoption; Blended learning; E learning; Effectiveness; Quality; Research framework

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896301129     PISSN: 00400912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/ET-04-2013-0049     Document Type: Article

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