E-learning: What the literature tells us about distance education: An overview

Aslib Proceedings

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 109-122

  Williams, Pete ^a   Nicholas, David ^a   Gunter, Barrie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Communication technologies; Distance learning

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDINAL STUDIES; COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; E-LEARNING; PEDAGOGIC MATERIAL;

COMMUNICATION SATELLITES; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LEARNING SYSTEMS; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; STUDENTS; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

DISTANCE EDUCATION;

EID: 33749489850     PISSN: 0001253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1108/00012530510589083     Document Type: Review

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