A performance-oriented approach to e-learning in the workplace

Educational Technology and Society

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 167-179

  Wang, Minhong ^a   Ran, Weijia ^a   Liao, Jian ^b   Yang, Stephen J H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Southwest University   (China)

^c NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

E learning; Learning system; Ontology; Performance; Web based training; Workplace

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650300424     PISSN: 11763647     EISSN: 14364522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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