Online synchronous vs. asynchronous software training through the behavioral modeling approach: A longitudinal field experiment

International Journal of Distance Education Technologies

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 88-102

  Chen, Charlie C ^a   Shaw, R S ^b  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TAMKANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Behavior modeling; Education; Electronic commerce; Information systems; Knowledge far transfer; Knowledge near transfer; Online asynchronous learning; Online synchronous learning; Satisfaction; Social science

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DISTANCE EDUCATION; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS; ONLINE SYSTEMS; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

BEHAVIOR MODELING (BM); INFORMATION SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE FAR TRANSFER; KNOWLEDGE NEAR TRANSFER; ONLINE ASYNCHRONOUS LEARNING; ONLINE SYNCHRONOUS LEARNING; ONLINE TRAINING;

PERSONNEL TRAINING;

EID: 33846200838     PISSN: 15393100     EISSN: 15393119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jdet.2006100107     Document Type: Article

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