An integrated decision model for evaluating educational web sites from the fuzzy subjective and objective perspectives

Computers and Education

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 616-629

  Cheng Kui Huang, Tony ^a   Huang, Chih Hong ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b National Taitung University   (China)

Author keywords

Architectures for educational technology system; Evaluation methodologies; Human computer interface; Media in education

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURES FOR EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY SYSTEM; DATA MINING TECHNIQUES; EDUCATIONAL WEB SITES; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; GROUP DECISION; HUMAN BEHAVIORS; HUMAN BEING; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERFACES; HUMAN INTENTIONS; HUMAN THINKING; INTEGRATED DECISION; MAKING DECISION; MEDIA IN EDUCATION; NETWORK TECHNOLOGIES;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; DATA MINING; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; MODELS; WEBSITES;

QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 77953326242     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2010.02.022     Document Type: Article

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