Adaptable, personalised e-learning incorporating learning styles

Campus-Wide Information Systems

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 91-100

  Peter, Sophie E ^a   Bacon, Elizabeth ^a   Dastbaz, Mohammad ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

E learning; Learning styles; Personal needs

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949559130     PISSN: 10650741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/10650741011033062     Document Type: Article

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