A web-based learning system for software test professionals

IEEE Transactions on Education

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 263-272

  Wang, Minhong ^a   Jia, Haiyang ^b   Sugumaran, Vijayan ^c   Ran, Weijia ^a   Liao, Jian ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d South West University ^*  (China)

Author keywords

Education technology; learning system; software testing; training

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; CURRENT PRACTICES; EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; KNOWLEDGE WORKERS; SOFTWARE COMPANY; SOFTWARE TEST; TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION; TRAINING; WEB BASED LEARNING; WEB-BASED LEARNING SYSTEMS; WORK PERFORMANCE;

COMPETITION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; INNOVATION; LEARNING SYSTEMS; MICROELECTRONICS; SOFTWARE TESTING;

E-LEARNING;

EID: 78650707112     PISSN: 00189359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TE.2010.2051546     Document Type: Article

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