Learners' perspective on critical factors to LMS success in blended learning: An empirical investigation

Communications of the Association for Information Systems

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 11-34

  Al Busaidi, Kamla Ali ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Blended learning; E learning; Learners' adoption of LMS; Learning management systems; LMS critical factors; LMS success

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER CONTROL SYSTEMS; E-LEARNING; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; TEACHING;

BLENDED LEARNING; CRITICAL FACTORS; LEARNERS' ADOPTION OF LMS; LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM; LMS SUCCESS;

LEARNING SYSTEMS;

EID: 84857069850     PISSN: 15293181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17705/1cais.03002     Document Type: Article

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