Skills required for participating in CMC courses: An empirical study

Computers and Education

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 477-487

  Erlich, Zippy ^a   Erlich Philip, Iris ^a   Gal Ezer, Judith ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Computer mediated communication; Distance education and telelearning; Interactive learning environments

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; DISTANCE EDUCATION; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; STUDENTS; WEBSITES;

COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION; DISTANCE EDUCATION AND TELELEARNING; INTERACTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS; SKILLS;

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION;

EID: 10644294640     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2004.04.010     Document Type: Article

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