Technology-enabled delivery and assessment methods: Are we addressing student expectations and learning preferences?

ASCILITE 2005 - The Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 649-659

  Tennent, Beth ^a   Becker, Karen ^a   Kehoe, Jo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Flexible delivery; Learning styles; Online assessment; Technology; Tertiary education; Web delivery

Indexed keywords

FLEXIBLE DELIVERY; LEARNING STYLE; ON-LINE ASSESSMENT; TERTIARY EDUCATION; WEB DELIVERY;

EDUCATION COMPUTING; STUDENTS; TECHNOLOGY;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 84869141571     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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