Online Course Evaluations: Faculty Perspective and Strategies for Improved Response Rates

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 865-878

  Crews, Tena B ^a,b   Curtis, Dylan F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Department of Sport and Entertainment Management   (United States)

^c Academy of Finance   (United States)

Author keywords

course evaluations; online course evaluations; traditional course evaluations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856472384     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602938.2010.493970     Document Type: Article

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