Web-based support for constructing competence maps: Design and formative evaluation

Educational Technology Research and Development

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 347-368

  Stoof, Angela ^a   Martens, Rob L ^b   Van Merriënboer, Jeroen J G ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Competence maps; Formative evaluation; Insrtuctional design tools; Performance support; Usability

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250215656     PISSN: 10421629     EISSN: 15566501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11423-006-9014-5     Document Type: Article

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