Electronic delivery of lectures in the university environment: An empirical comparison of three delivery styles

Computers and Education

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 640-651

  Stephenson, Julia E ^a   Brown, Clifford ^a   Griffin, Darren K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Architectures for educational technology system; Computer mediated communication; Evaluation of CAL systems; Human computer interface; Teaching learning strategies

Indexed keywords

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; MULTIMEDIA SERVICES; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

ARCHITECTURES FOR EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY SYSTEM; COMPUTER MEDIATED COMMUNICATION;

E-LEARNING;

EID: 38649089500     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2006.08.007     Document Type: Article

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