Virtual learning in the biological sciences: Pitfalls of simply "putting notes on the web"

Computers and Education

Volumn 43, Issue 1-2 SPEC ISS., 2004, Pages 49-61

  Evans, Chris ^a   Gibbons, Nicola J ^a   Shah, Kavita ^a   Griffin, Darren K ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evaluation of CAL systems; Improving classroom teaching; Interactive learning environments; Multimedia hypermedia systems; Navigation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; STUDENTS; USER INTERFACES; VIRTUAL REALITY; WORLD WIDE WEB;

COMPUTER BASED LEARNING (CBL); VIRTUAL LEARNING;

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION;

EID: 1842708909     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2003.12.004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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