An investigation of the effectiveness of computer-assisted learning (CAL) for medical and midwifery students

Interactive Multimedia Electronic Journal of Computer - Enhanced Learning

Volumn 3, Issue , 2001, Pages

  Wilson, T ^a,b   Mires, G J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SCIENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; STUDENTS;

CAL; CARDIOCOGRAPHS (CTG); HUMAN ANATOMY; MIDWIFERY STUDENTS;

DISTANCE EDUCATION;

EID: 3142537904     PISSN: 15259102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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