Guidelines for effective online instruction using multimedia screencasts

Reference Services Review

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 164-177

  Oud, Joanne ^a  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Academic libraries; E learning; Electronic media; Library instruction; Multimedia

Indexed keywords

EID: 68349144324     PISSN: 00907324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00907320910957206     Document Type: Article

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