Factors that influence dissemination in engineering education

IEEE Transactions on Education

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 384-393

  Hazen, Benjamin T ^a   Wu, Yun ^a   Sankar, Chetan S ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Content analysis; Delphi study; diffusion; dissemination; innovation; technology acceptance

Indexed keywords

CONTENT ANALYSIS; CULTURAL DIFFERENCE; DELPHI STUDY; DISSEMINATION; EDUCATIONAL ENGINEERING; EDUCATIONAL INNOVATIONS; EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; LITERATURE REVIEWS; MANAGEMENT SUPPORT; TARGET GROUP; TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE;

DIFFUSION; EDUCATION; INNOVATION;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 84864693694     PISSN: 00189359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TE.2011.2179655     Document Type: Article

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