Feedback and feed-forward for promoting problem-based learning in online learning environments

Malaysian Journal of Learning and Instruction

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 1-41

  Webb, Ashley ^a   Moallem, Mahnaz ^b  

^a Innovative Research and Training (iRT)   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Feedback and feed forward; Online learning; Problem based learning; Project based learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 85010525601     PISSN: 16758110     EISSN: 21802483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.32890/mjli2016.13.2.1     Document Type: Article

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