Personalising learning: Exploring student and teacher perceptions about flexible learning and assessment in a flipped university course

Computers and Education

Volumn 88, Issue , 2015, Pages 354-369

  Wanner, Thomas ^a   Palmer, Edward ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Flexible assessment; Flexible learning; Flipped classroom; Higher education; Personalised learning

Indexed keywords

E-LEARNING; EDUCATION; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); STUDENTS;

FLEXIBLE ASSESSMENTS; FLEXIBLE LEARNING; FLIPPED CLASSROOM; HIGHER EDUCATION; PERSONALISED LEARNING;

TEACHING;

EID: 84939136420     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2015.07.008     Document Type: Article

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