Evaluating the efficacy of e-learning in Spain: A diagnosis of learning transfer factors affecting e-learning

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue , 2011, Pages 2199-2203

  Pineda Herrero, Pilar ^a   Quesada, Carla ^a   Stoian, Alexandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

E learning efficacy; Learning transfer; Transfer factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855674071     PISSN: 18770428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2011.10.428     Document Type: Conference Paper

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