A usability study for promoting eContent in higher education

Educational Technology and Society

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 112-124

  Shiratuddin, Norshuhada ^a   Hassan, Shahizan ^a   Landoni, Monica ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI UTARA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Digital content; Usability

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042593492     PISSN: 14364522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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