Evaluating cal at the open university: 15 Years on

Computers and Education

Volumn 26, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 5-15

  Jones, A ^a   Scanlon, E ^a   Tosunoglu, C ^a   Ross, S ^a   Butcher, P ^b   Murphy, P ^a   Greenberg, J ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Cambridge Regional Centre ^*

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EID: 0002980863     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0360-1315(95)00064-x     Document Type: Article

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