Web-based distance learning technology: Does appearance matter?

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 755-758

  Pomales García, Cristina ^a   Liu, Yili ^a   Mendez, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WORLD WIDE WEB;

AESTHETICS; INFORMATION RECALL; LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS; TRADITIONAL PERFORMANCE MEASURES;

DISTANCE EDUCATION;

EID: 44349084813     PISSN: 10711813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1177/154193120504900703     Document Type: Conference Paper

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