Creating a sense of "presence" in a web-based PSI course: The search for Mark Hopkins' log in a digital world

IEEE Transactions on Education

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 599-604

  Koen, Billy V ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Distance learning; Keller plan; Personalized System of Instruction (PSI); Presence; Web based

Indexed keywords

DISTANCE EDUCATION; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; STUDENTS; TEACHING; WORLD WIDE WEB;

DISTANCE LEARNING; KELLER PLAN; PERSONALIZED SYSTEM OF INSTRUCTION (PSI); PRESENCE; WEB-BASED COURSES;

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION;

EID: 28444441292     PISSN: 00189359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TE.2005.850712     Document Type: Article

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