The indicators project identifying effective learning: Adoption, activity, grades and external factors

ASCILITE 2009 - The Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 60-70

  Beer, Colin ^a   Jones, David ^a   Clark, Ken ^a  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Academic analytics; Benchmarking; E learning; Evaluation; LMS

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ANALYTICS; CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTOR; EFFECTIVE LEARNING; EVALUATION; EXTERNAL FACTORS; IT SYSTEM; LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM; LMS; SUPPORT STAFF; TEACHING STAFF; TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS;

BENCHMARKING; DECISION MAKING; E-LEARNING;

EDUCATION;

EID: 84870784081     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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