An introduction to the evaluation of learning technology

Educational Technology and Society

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 20-30

  Oliver, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Learning technology; Practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005026996     PISSN: 14364522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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