Information retrieval in virtual

International Journal of Distance Education Technologies

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 36-47

  Puustjärvi, Juha ^a   Pöyry, Päivi ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Algorithms; Case study; Distance learning; Information retrieval; Web based education

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISTANCE EDUCATION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; ONLINE SEARCHING; SEARCH ENGINES;

LEARNING OBJECTS; VECTOR MODELS; WEB-BASED EDUCATION;

LEARNING SYSTEMS;

EID: 33750503603     PISSN: 15393100     EISSN: 15393119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jdet.2006070104     Document Type: Review

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