A virtual classroom for undergraduate periodontology: A pilot study

European Journal of Dental Education

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 139-147

  Mattheos, Nikos ^a   Nattestad, Anders ^b   Schittek, Martin ^a   Attström, Rolf ^a,c  

^a MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dental education; Interactive web based distance learning; Periodontology; Virtual classroom

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER NETWORK; DENTAL STUDENT; EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; HUMAN RELATION; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIBRARY; METHODOLOGY; MULTIMEDIA; ONLINE SYSTEM; PERIODONTICS; PILOT STUDY; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; TEACHING;

ATTITUDE; COMMUNICATION; COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; COMPUTER LITERACY; EDUCATION, DISTANCE; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIBRARIES, DENTAL; MULTIMEDIA; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PERIODONTICS; PILOT PROJECTS; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; STUDENTS, DENTAL; TEACHING; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 0035511859     PISSN: 13965883     EISSN: 16000579     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0579.2001.50401.x     Document Type: Article

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