Faculty adoption behaviour about web-based distance education: A case study from China Agricultural University

British Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 83-94

  Li, Yan ^a,c   Lindner, James R ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c 2116 TAMU ^*  (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION PROCESS; FACULTY; WEB-BASED DISTANCE EDUCATION (WBDE);

DECISION MAKING; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; LEARNING SYSTEMS; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; TEACHING; WORLD WIDE WEB;

DISTANCE EDUCATION;

EID: 33846032284     PISSN: 00071013     EISSN: 14678535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8535.2006.00594.x     Document Type: Review

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