Assessing the quality of online courses from the students' perspective

Internet and Higher Education

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 107-115

  Young, Andria ^a   Norgard, Chari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON VICTORIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Consistent course design; Flexibility; Interaction; Technical support

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; ONLINE SYSTEMS; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

CONSISTENT COURSE DESIGNS; FLEXIBILITY; INTERACTIONS; TECHNICAL SUPPORTS;

LEARNING SYSTEMS;

EID: 33744546224     PISSN: 10967516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iheduc.2006.03.001     Document Type: Article

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