The rhetoric and reality of e-learning: Using the think-aloud method to evaluate an online resource

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 583-600

  Cottona, D R E ^a   Grestya, K A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 78951485768     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602930601116920     Document Type: Article

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