Relationships between students' and instructional variables with satisfaction and learning from a Web-based course

Internet and Higher Education

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 267-281

  Hong, Kian Sam ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAK   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Achievement; Satisfaction; Student instructor interactions; Web based course

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; ELECTRONIC MAIL; LEARNING SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING; STUDENTS;

ACHIEVEMENT; SATISFACTION; STUDENT-INSTRUCTOR INTERACTIONS; WEB-BASED COURSE;

INTERNET;

EID: 2942603145     PISSN: 10967516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1096-7516(02)00105-7     Document Type: Article

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