An online synchronous test for Professional Interpreters

Educational Technology and Society

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 153-165

  Chen, Nian Shing ^a   Ko, Leong ^b  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cyber face to face; Examiner controlled test; Self controlled test; Synchronous cyber classroom; Synchronous test

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954296896     PISSN: 11763647     EISSN: 14364522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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