What's the use of webnotes? Student and staff perceptions

Journal of Further and Higher Education

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 119-134

  Sambrook, Sally ^a   Rowley, Jennifer ^b  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lecture notes; PowerPoint; Student attendance; Webnotes

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955587819     PISSN: 0309877X     EISSN: 14699486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03098770903480338     Document Type: Article

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