An examination of the relationship between technology problems and teaching evaluation of online instruction

Internet and Higher Education

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 365-375

  Lan, William ^a   Tallent Runnels, Mary K ^a   Fryer, Wes ^a   Thomas, Julie ^a   Cooper, Sandi ^a   Wang, Kun ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

College students; Online instruction; Teaching evaluation; Technology difficulties

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; LEARNING SYSTEMS; ONLINE CONFERENCING; ONLINE SYSTEMS; STUDENTS; TEACHING; WORLD WIDE WEB;

COLLEGE STUDENTS; ONLINE INSTRUCTION; TEACHING EVALUATION; TECHNOLOGY DIFFICULTIES;

DISTANCE EDUCATION;

EID: 2942546167     PISSN: 10967516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iheduc.2003.07.003     Document Type: Article

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