Engaging secondary school students in extended and open learning supported by online technologies

Journal of Research on Technology in Education

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 305-328

  Nicholas, Howard ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Engagement; Online interaction and collaboration; Online learning pedagogy; Open tasks; Secondary school students

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008857268     PISSN: 15391523     EISSN: 19450818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15391523.2009.10782533     Document Type: Article

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