Evaluation of the effectiveness of a web-based learning design for adult computer science courses

IEEE Transactions on Education

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 374-380

  Antonis, Konstantinos ^a   Daradoumis, Thanasis ^b,c   Papadakis, Spyros ^d   Simos, Christos ^a  

^a TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LAMIA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITAT OBERTA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^d HELLENIC OPEN UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Adult education; computer science education; evaluation; learning design; lifelong learning

Indexed keywords

ADULT EDUCATION; COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION; EVALUATION; LEARNING DESIGNS; LIFE LONG LEARNING;

COMPUTER SCIENCE; CURRICULA; DESIGN; EDUCATION COMPUTING; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; LEARNING SYSTEMS; USER INTERFACES;

E-LEARNING;

EID: 80051547261     PISSN: 00189359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TE.2010.2060263     Document Type: Article

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