Multimedia systems in distance education: Effects of usability on learning

Interacting with Computers

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 37-49

  Parlangeli, Oronzo ^a   Marchigiani, Enrica ^a   Bagnara, Sebastiano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Distance education; Hypertexts; Learning; Multimedia systems; Usability evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002849379     PISSN: 09535438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0953-5438(98)00054-X     Document Type: Article

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