Individual differences and web-based learning

Cognitive and Emotional Processes in Web-Based Education: Integrating Human Factors and Personalization

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1-24

  Grimley, Michael ^a   Riding, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 78649791178     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-392-0.ch001     Document Type: Chapter

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