WeBAL: A web-based assessment library to enhance teaching and learning in engineering

IEEE Transactions on Education

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 764-771

  Aller, Betsy M ^a   Kline, Andrew A ^b   Tsang, Edmund ^b   Aravamuthan, Raja ^b   Rasmusson, Adam C ^c   Phillips, Colleen ^a  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Parkview Campus   (United States)

^c Information Systems Coordinator   (United States)

Author keywords

ABET accreditation; Assessment; Communication; Evaluation rubrics; Student learning; Teamwork; Web based library

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; CURRICULA; DIGITAL LIBRARIES; ONLINE SYSTEMS; STUDENTS; TEACHING; WORLD WIDE WEB;

ACCREDITATION BOARD FOR ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (CO); ASSESSMENT; EVALUATION RUBRICS; STUDENT LEARNING; TEAMWORK; WEB-BASED ASSESSMENT LIBRARY;

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION;

EID: 28444442739     PISSN: 00189359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TE.2005.858390     Document Type: Review

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