Community building, emergent design and expecting the unexpected: Creating a quality eLearning experience

Internet and Higher Education

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 233-249

  Thompson, Terrie Lynn ^a   MacDonald, Colla J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community; Design; eLearning; Emergent design approaches; Higher education; Quality

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; DESIGN; INTERNET; ONLINE SYSTEMS; STUDENTS;

COMMUNITY; ELEARNING; EMERGENT DESIGN APPROACHES; HIGHER EDUCATION; ONLINE EDUCATION; QUALITY;

DISTANCE EDUCATION;

EID: 24344480000     PISSN: 10967516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iheduc.2005.06.004     Document Type: Article

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