Chinese higher education teachers' conceptions of e-Learning: Preliminary outcomes

ASCILITE 2006 - The Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 513-523

  McConnell, David ^a   Zhao, Jianhua ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China higher education system; Conceptions of e Learning; Phenomenography; Student learning

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE RESEARCH; COOPERATIVE LEARNING; CULTURAL DIFFERENCE; GROUNDED THEORY; HIGHER EDUCATION; HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM; LANCASTER UNIVERSITY; LEARNING TECHNOLOGY; NETWORK LEARNING; PHENOMENOGRAPHY; STUDENT LEARNING; TEACHING METHODS;

CURRICULA; RESEARCH; STUDENTS;

E-LEARNING;

EID: 84870919636     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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