Design exemplars for synchronous e-learning: A design theory approach

Computers and Education

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 652-662

  Hrastinski, Stefan ^a,b   Keller, Christina ^b,c   Carlsson, Sven A ^d  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c JÖNKÖPING INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Sweden)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Design evaluation; Design exemplars; Design research; Synchronous e learning

Indexed keywords

ASYNCHRONOUS E-LEARNING; CASE ANALYSIS; DESIGN EVALUATION; DESIGN EXEMPLAR; DESIGN RESEARCH; DESIGN THEORY; FOCUS GROUPS; FUTURE DESIGNS; SYNCHRONOUS E-LEARNING;

E-LEARNING; RESEARCH;

DESIGN;

EID: 77953322924     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2010.02.025     Document Type: Article

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