The Design, Implementation, and Evaluation of Online Credit Nutrition Courses: A Systematic Review

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 76-86

  Cohen, Nancy L ^a   Carbone, Elena T ^a   Beffa Negrini, Patricia A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

College students; Computer assisted instruction; Nutritional sciences education; Online nutrition education; Web based instruction

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTERNET; MOTIVATION; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STUDENT; TEACHING;

ACCREDITATION; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, CONTINUING; EDUCATION, DISTANCE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MOTIVATION; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES; STUDENTS;

EID: 79952365914     PISSN: 14994046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneb.2010.04.001     Document Type: Article

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