Creating interactive e-books through learning by design: The impacts of guided peer-feedback on students' learning achievements and project outcomes in science courses

Educational Technology and Society

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 25-36

  Hwang, Gwo Jen ^a   Tu, Nien Ting ^a   Wang, Xiao Ming ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b ZHEJIANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Electronic books; Mobile learning; Mobile technology; Peer feedback; Project based learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 85040608030     PISSN: 11763647     EISSN: 14364522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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