Teaching in context: Some implications for e-learning design

ASCILITE 2007 - The Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 61-70

  Benson, Robyn ^a   Samarawickrema, Gayani ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Context; E learning design; Transactional distance

Indexed keywords

CONTEXT; E-LEARNING DESIGN; E-LEARNING TECHNOLOGY; SPECIFIC LEARNING; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK; TRANSACTIONAL DISTANCE;

DESIGN; E-LEARNING; LEARNING SYSTEMS;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 84870983393     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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