Considerations for developing evaluations of online courses

Journal of Asynchronous Learning Network

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2003, Pages

  Achtemeier, Sue D ^a   Morris, Libby V ^a   Finnegan, Catherine L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b University System of Georgia   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Course evaluation; Learning effectiveness; Online evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042663843     PISSN: 19395256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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