Integrating an open-source course management system (Moodle) into the: Teaching of a first-year medical physiology course: A case study

American Journal of Physiology - Advances in Physiology Education

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 369-377

  Seluakumaran, Kumar ^a   Jusof, Felicita Fedelis ^a   Ismail, Rosnah ^a   Husain, Ruby ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Blended learning; E learning; Virtual learning environment; Web based teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859345090     PISSN: 10434046     EISSN: 15221229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/advan.00008.2011     Document Type: Article

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