The impact of electronic media on faculty evaluation

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 241-262

  Barkhi, Reza ^a,b   Williams, Paul ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Electronic evaluation; Electronic media; Faculty evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955561624     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602930902795927     Document Type: Article

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