Developing a university course for online delivery based on learning objects: From ideals to compromises

Open Learning

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 65-81

  Wilhelm, Pierre ^a   Wilde, Russ ^a  

^a ATHABASCA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Course design and production; Learning object repositories; Learning objects from publishers

Indexed keywords

EID: 56449087722     PISSN: 02680513     EISSN: 14699958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0268051042000322104     Document Type: Article

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