Integration of external tools in virtual learning environments: Main design issues and alternatives

Proceedings - 10th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, ICALT 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 384-388

  Alario Hoyos, Carlos ^a   Asensio Pérez, Juan I ^a   Bote Lorenzo, Miguel L ^a   Gómez Sánchez, Eduardo ^a   Vega Gorgojo, Guillermo ^a   Ruiz Calleja, Adolfo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER BASED TOOLS; CURRENT RESEARCHES; DESIGN DECISIONS; DESIGN ISSUES; EXTERNAL TOOLS; FUNCTIONAL HETEROGENEITY; INTEGRATION APPROACH; INTEGRATION COSTS; LEARNING SITUATION; RESEARCH PROPOSALS; VIRTUAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS;

DESIGN;

EID: 78049299157     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICALT.2010.110     Document Type: Conference Paper

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