Students' evaluations of the use of e-learning in a collaborative project between two South African universities

Higher Education

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 95-107

  Rohleder, Poul ^a   Bozalek, Vivienne ^b   Carolissen, Ronelle ^a   Leibowitz, Brenda ^a   Swartz, Leslie ^a,c  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^c HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Collaborative learning; Democratic learning; E learning; Higher education; South Africa; Students

Indexed keywords

EID: 44349185649     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-007-9091-3     Document Type: Article

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