Experimenting on the impact of learning methods and information presentation channels on older adults' e-health literacy

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1797-1807

  Xie, Bo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLABORATIVE LEARNING; EHEALTH; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; FACTORIAL DESIGN; INFORMATION PRESENTATION; LEARNING METHODS; MAIN EFFECT; MULTIMEDIA LEARNING; OLDER ADULTS; PERCEIVED USEFULNESS; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE;

LEARNING SYSTEMS;

HEALTH;

EID: 80051669549     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: 15322890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.21575     Document Type: Article

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