A critical examination of Blackboard's e-learning environment

First Monday

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Coopman, Stephanie J ^a  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 69949119645     PISSN: 13960466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5210/fm.v14i6.2434     Document Type: Article

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