The use of internet resources by university students during their course projects elicitation: A case study

Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 234-244

  Sahin, Yasar Guneri ^a   Balta, Sabah ^b   Ercan, Tuncay ^b  

^a IZMIR UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS   (Turkey)

^b YASAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Educational resources; Internet resources accessibility vs. trustworthy; The use of internet in course projects

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952418693     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13036521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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