Matching up learning styles with learning objects: What's effective?

Journal of Library Administration

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 808-829

  Mestre, Lori S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Distance learning; Information literacy; Learning styles; Online instruction; Tutorials; Usabilty study

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957876200     PISSN: 01930826     EISSN: 15403564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01930826.2010.488975     Document Type: Article

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