Assessment of the quality of interaction in distance learning programmes utilising the Internet (WebCT) or interactive television (ITV)

Medical Education

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1093-1100

  Mash, R J ^a   Marais, D ^a   Van Der Walt, S ^a   Van Deventer, I ^a   Steyn, M ^a   Labadarios, D ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

*Internet; Education, distance *methods; Education, medical, undergraduate *methods; South Africa; Teaching *methods; Television

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONVERSATION; DATA ANALYSIS; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; EVALUATION; EXCHANGE STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERACTIVE TELEVISION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNET; LEARNING; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PEDAGOGICS; SOUTH AFRICA; TEACHING; TELEVISION;

EDUCATION, DISTANCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; INTERNET; SOUTH AFRICA; TEACHING; TELEVISION;

EID: 27844436196     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2929.2005.02315.x     Document Type: Article

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