Satisfaction of college students with the digital learning environment Do learners' temperaments make a difference?

Internet and Higher Education

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 31-44

  Stokes, Suzanne P ^a  

^a TROY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital instructional environment; Online learning; Satisfaction; Temperament

Indexed keywords

COLLEGE BUILDINGS; DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; STUDENTS;

DIGITAL INSTRUCTIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DIGITAL LEARNING; KEIRSEY TEMPERAMENT SORTER II (KTSII);

LEARNING SYSTEMS;

EID: 4644320039     PISSN: 10967516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1096-7516(01)00046-X     Document Type: Article

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