Learners' evaluation of a navigation support tool in distance education: Original article

Journal of Computer Assisted Learning

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 384-392

  Bolman, C ^a   Tattersall, C ^a   Waterink, W ^a   Janssen, J ^a   Van Den Berg, B ^a   Van Es, R ^a   Koper, R ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adherence; Navigation support tool; Self efficacy; Self organized indirect social navigation; Usefulness

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548383908     PISSN: 02664909     EISSN: 13652729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2729.2007.00223.x     Document Type: Article

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