The implications of a connectivist learning blog model and the changing role of teaching and learning

British Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 877-894

  Garcia, Elaine ^a   Elbeltagi, Ibrahim ^a   Brown, Mel ^b   Dungay, Kerry ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b PLYMOUTH COLLEGE OF ART   (United Kingdom)

^c Business Administration   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOGS; EDUCATION COMPUTING; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

CONNECTIVISM; HIGHER EDUCATION; LEARNING MODELS; TEACHING AND LEARNING; THEORETICAL MODELING; WEB 2.0 TOOLS;

LEARNING SYSTEMS;

EID: 84930481163     PISSN: 00071013     EISSN: 14678535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjet.12184     Document Type: Article

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