A dynamic analysis of why learners develop a preference for autonomous learners in computer-mediated communication

Interactive Learning Environments

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 631-648

  Rienties, Bart ^a   Tempelaar, Dirk ^b   Giesbers, Bas ^b   Segers, Mien ^b   Gijselaers, Wim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

academic motivation; content analysis; longitudinal perspective; mixed method; online environment; social network analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907558851     PISSN: 10494820     EISSN: 17445191     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10494820.2012.707127     Document Type: Article

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