An investigation of Taiwan University students' perceptions of online academic help seeking, and their web-based learning self-efficacy

Internet and Higher Education

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 150-157

  Cheng, Kun Hung ^a,b   Tsai, Chin Chung ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Formal query; Informal query; Information searching; Online academic help seeking; Web based learning self efficacy

Indexed keywords

FORMAL QUERY; HELP SEEKING; INFORMAL QUERY; INFORMATION SEARCHING; WEB BASED LEARNING;

INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; STUDENTS; SURVEYS; USER INTERFACES;

E-LEARNING;

EID: 79955970371     PISSN: 10967516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iheduc.2011.04.002     Document Type: Article

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