Learner characteristic based learning effort curve mode: The core mechanism on developing personalized adaptive elearning platform

Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 210-220

  Hsu, Pi Shan ^a  

^a CHING KUO INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT AND HEALTH   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

E learning; Learner characteristics; Learning effort; Learning style; Self efficacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867166715     PISSN: 13036521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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