An online self-administered social skills training for young adults: Results from a pilot study

Computers and Education

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 217-224

  Lehenbauer, Mario ^a   Kothgassner, Oswald D ^a   Kryspin Exner, Ilse ^a   Stetina, Birgit U ^b  

^a Faculty of Psychology   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Adult learning; Application in subject areas; Computer mediated communication; Distance education and telelearning; Teaching learning strategies

Indexed keywords

ADULT LEARNING; APPLICATION IN SUBJECT AREAS; COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION; DISTANCE EDUCATION AND TELE-LEARNING; TEACHING/LEARNING STRATEGY;

DISTANCE EDUCATION; ONLINE SYSTEMS;

PERSONNEL TRAINING;

EID: 84868577717     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2012.09.007     Document Type: Article

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