TY  - JOUR
TT  - What Do Students Want? Making Sense of Student Preferences in Technology-enhanced Learning
AU  - Pechenkina, Ekaterina
AU  - Aeschliman, Carol
PY  - 2017
DA  - January
JF  - Contemporary Educational Technology
PB  - Ali ŞİMŞEK
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 1309-517X
SP  - 26
EP  - 39
VL  - 8
IS  - 1
KW  - educational technology
KW  - student preferences
KW  - blendid learning
KW  - social media
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