The evaluation of alternate learning systems in an industrial engineering course: Asynchronous, synchronous and classroom

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 495-505

  Singh, Vinayak ^a   Khasawneh, Mohammad T ^b   Bowling, Shannon R ^a   Kaewkuekool, Sittichai ^d   Jiang, Xiaochun ^c   Gramopadhye, Anand K ^a  

^a AMRL   (United States)

^b BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c North Carolina AandT University   (United States)

^d KING MONGKUT'S UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY THONBURI   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Classroom; Educational environments; Electronic education; Engineering education; Learning; Synchronous and asynchronous systems

Indexed keywords

DATA COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; DISTANCE EDUCATION; EDUCATION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; LEARNING SYSTEMS; STUDENTS; SURVEYING;

CLASSROOM; DELIVERING; INSTRUCTION; WEB-BASED ASYNCHRONOUS LEARNING SYSTEM;

INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; LEARNING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STUDENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 1942508190     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ergon.2003.12.003     Document Type: Article

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