Supporting ways of learning for indigenous australian pre-undergraduate students using moodle

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

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 222-229

  Duggan, Thomas ^a  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Elearning; Indigenous learning; Learning management systems; Moodle

Indexed keywords

FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS; INDIGENOUS LEARNING; INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM; LEARNING MATERIALS; LEARNING STYLE; MOODLE; PILOT PHASE; POTENTIAL BENEFITS; SUPPORTING WAY; UNIVERSITY STUDENTS;

E-LEARNING; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84871105851     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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