Online or face-to-face? Students' experiences and preferences in e-learning

Internet and Higher Education

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 292-297

  Paechter, Manuela ^a   Maier, Brigitte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

e learning; Experiences in e learning; Face to face learning; Online learning

Indexed keywords

COHERENT STRUCTURE; CONCEPTUAL KNOWLEDGE; FACE-TO-FACE LEARNING; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT; LEARNING MATERIALS; ONLINE LEARNING; RESEARCH STUDIES; SELF-REGULATED LEARNING; SHARED UNDERSTANDING; SUBJECT MATTERS;

E-LEARNING; TEACHING;

STUDENTS;

EID: 78049477979     PISSN: 10967516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iheduc.2010.09.004     Document Type: Article

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