Focusing computer training to user needs: The impacts of online and offline training on learning

International Journal of Innovation and Learning

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 530-546

  Hsu, Jeffrey ^a   Turoff, Murray ^b  

^a FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Help systems; Human computer interaction; Innovation; Learning; Markup languages; Minimal manual; Training

Indexed keywords

INNOVATION; LEARNING; TRAINING;

EID: 34548252450     PISSN: 14718197     EISSN: 17408016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJIL.2007.012962     Document Type: Article

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