An assessment of the usability of an Internet-based education system in a cross-cultural environment: The case of the interreg crossborder program in Central Europe

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 66-75

  Blažič, Borka Jerman ^a   Law, Effie Lai Chong ^b   Arh, Tanja ^a  

^a JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; DISTANCE EDUCATION; INTERNET; USABILITY ENGINEERING;

CROSS-CULTURAL ENVIRONMENT; CROSSBORDER PROGRAM; E-LEARNING SYSTEM; INTERNET-BASED EDUCATION SYSTEM;

LEARNING SYSTEMS;

EID: 33845987045     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: 15322890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.20423     Document Type: Article

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