Experiences with moodle as a communication tool for design teamwork: A users' perspective

Metu Journal of the Faculty of Architecture

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 227-242

  Pektaş, Şule Taşli ^a   Demirkan, Halime ^a  

^a BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Collaborative design; Design education; Moodle; Usability; Users'perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855916741     PISSN: 02585316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4305/METU.JFA.2011.2.12     Document Type: Article

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