Accounting students' perceptions of a Learning Management System:An international comparison

Accounting Research Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 72-86

  Basioudis, Ilias G ^a   de Lange, Paul ^b   Suwardy, Themin ^c   Wells, Paul ^d  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^d AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Accounting education; Australia; Blended learning; Internet; Learning management system; New Zealand; Online learning; Student perceptions; Students; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869181579     PISSN: 10309616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/10309611211287279     Document Type: Article

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