A comparison of teacher and student attitudes concerning use and effectiveness of web-based course management software

Educational Technology and Society

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 125-135

  Jones, Gary H ^a   Jones, Beth H ^a  

^a WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Course management software; CourseInfo; Online learning environment; WebCT

Indexed keywords

EID: 23844463161     PISSN: 11763647     EISSN: 14364522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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