Blended synchronous learning: Patterns and principles for simultaneously engaging co-located and distributed learners

30th Annual conference on Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education, ASCILITE 2013

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 92-102

  Bower, Matt ^a   Kenney, Jacqueline ^a   Dalgarno, Barney ^b   Lee, Mark J W ^b   Kennedy, Gregor E ^c  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blended synchronous learning; Video conferencing; Virtual worlds; Web conferencing

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; LEARNING SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); STUDENTS; TEACHING; VIDEO CONFERENCING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

COLLABORATIVE EVALUATION; LEARNING AND TEACHINGS; PEDAGOGICAL PRINCIPLES; REAL-TIME COLLABORATION; SYNCHRONOUS LEARNING; SYNCHRONOUS TECHNOLOGY; VIRTUAL WORLDS; WEB CONFERENCING;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 84903442505     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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