Online or face-to-face? An experimental study of examiner training

British Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 665-675

  Chamberlain, Suzanne ^a   Taylor, Rachel ^a  

^a AQA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; ENGLAND; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; NORTHERN IRELAND; ONLINE TRAINING; POSITIVE EFFECTS; RANK ORDER;

ONLINE SYSTEMS;

E-LEARNING;

EID: 79958206910     PISSN: 00071013     EISSN: 14678535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8535.2010.01062.x     Document Type: Article

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