Evaluation of the basic life support CD-ROM: Its effectiveness as learning tool and user experiences

Educational Technology and Society

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 163-174

  Moule, Pam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basic life support; CD ROM; Knowledge attainment; Multi media technology for learning; Skill attainment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141807373     PISSN: 14364522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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