The design of competency-based performance assessment in e-learning

Learning Environments Research

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 45-66

  Sluijsmans, Dominique M A ^a   Prins, Frans J ^a   Martens, Rob L ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Computer based learning; e learning; Learning environments; Performance assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746123425     PISSN: 13871579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10984-005-9003-3     Document Type: Article

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