Digging deeper into learners' experiences in MOOCs: Participation in social networks outside of MOOCs, notetaking and contexts surrounding content consumption

British Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 570-587

  Veletsianos, George ^a   Collier, Amy ^a   Schneider, Emily ^a  

^a ROYAL ROADS UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

CLICKSTREAM DATA; CLICKSTREAMS; CONTENT CONSUMPTION; LEARNER INTERACTION; LOG-FILE ANALYSIS; MASSIVE OPEN ONLINE COURSE; NOTE-TAKING; TEACHING AND LEARNING;

TEACHING;

EID: 84929883413     PISSN: 00071013     EISSN: 14678535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjet.12297     Document Type: Article

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