Elearning in european higher education: An analysis of present practice in Ireland, Portugal, and the UK, with lessons for the bologna process

Education Across Borders: Politics, Policy and Legislative Action

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 93-113

  Holmes, Bryn ^a   Huet, Isabel ^b   Leahy, Denise ^c   Gardner, John ^d   Dolan, Dudley ^e   Tavares, José ^c  

^a Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^c European Computer Driving Licence ^*

^d QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^e TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Bologna process; Elearning; Europe; Higher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955556796     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-9411-8_7     Document Type: Chapter

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