Feedforward strategies in the first-year experience of online and distributed learning environments

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 687-697

  Baker, David John ^a   Zuvela, Danielle ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

assessement; e learning; feedback; feedforward

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879644788     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602938.2012.691153     Document Type: Article

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