A multivariate approach to predicting student outcomes in web-enabled blended learning courses

Internet and Higher Education

Volumn 27, Issue , 2015, Pages 44-53

  Zacharis, Nick Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Blended learning; Learning analytics

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); STUDENTS;

BLENDED LEARNING; CONTENT CREATION; LEARNING ANALYTICS; LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM; MULTIVARIATE APPROACH; MULTIVARIATE REGRESSION; ONLINE ACTIVITIES; STUDENT OUTCOMES;

TEACHING;

EID: 84929643228     PISSN: 10967516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iheduc.2015.05.002     Document Type: Article

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