Factors affecting faculty web portal usability

Educational Technology and Society

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 253-265

  Bringula, Rex P ^a   Basa, Roselle S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE EAST   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Information content; UE portal; Usability; Web portal design; Web portal usability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856862436     PISSN: 11763647     EISSN: 14364522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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