Customising microsoft office to develop a tutorial learning environment

British Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 223-234

  Deacon, Andrew ^a   Jaftha, Jacob ^a   Horwitz, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; COST EFFECTIVENESS; CURRICULA; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; STUDENTS; TEACHING; USABILITY ENGINEERING; USER INTERFACES;

COMPUTER LITERACY; MICROSOFT OFFICE; SCRIPTING; SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE; TUTORIAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT;

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION;

EID: 1642299664     PISSN: 00071013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0007-1013.2004.00383.x     Document Type: Article

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