Are learning style preferences of health science students predictive of their attitudes towards e-learning?

Australasian Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 524-543

  Brown, Ted ^a   Zoghi, Maryam ^b   Williams, Brett ^a   Jaberzadeh, Shapour ^a   Roller, Louis ^a   Palermo, Claire ^c   McKenna, Lisa ^a   Wright, Caroline ^a   Baird, Marilyn ^a   Schneider Kolsky, Michal ^a   Hewitt, Lesley ^a   Sim, Jenny ^d   Holt, Tangerine Ann ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^d RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 77950677496     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14495554     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14742/ajet.1127     Document Type: Article

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