A computer-network-supported cooperative distance learning system for technical communication education

IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 205-214

  Chou, Chien ^a,b   Sun, Chuen Tsai ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; TECHNICAL WRITING;

COOPERATIVE REMOTELY ACCESSIBLE LEARNING (CORAL) SYSTEM; DISTANCE LEARNING;

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION;

EID: 0030385699     PISSN: 03611434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/47.544576     Document Type: Article

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