Characterising effective eLearning resources

Computers and Education

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 757-771

  Littlejohn, Allison ^a   Falconer, Isobel ^a   Mcgill, Lou ^b  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Joint Information Systems Committee   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Applications in subject areas; Authoring tools and methods; Improving classroom teaching; Media in education; Teaching learning strategies

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TEACHING;

IMPROVING CLASSROOM TEACHING; MEDIA IN EDUCATION;

E-LEARNING;

EID: 38649131802     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2006.08.004     Document Type: Article

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