A course model implemented in a teacher's learning community context: Issues of course assessment

Behaviour and Information Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 561-578

  Hlapanis, G ^a   Dimitrakopoulou, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COURSE PROGRAMMES; LEARNING COMMUNITY CONTEXT; WEB-BASED SUPPORTED COURSES;

E-LEARNING; INFORMATION THEORY; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; STUDENTS; TEACHING; WEBSITES;

LEARNING SYSTEMS;

EID: 35649017270     PISSN: 0144929X     EISSN: 13623001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01449290600691210     Document Type: Article

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