Design and usability testing of a learning and plagiarism avoidance tutorial system for paraphrasing and citing in English: A case study

Computers and Education

Volumn 69, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-14

  Liu, Gi Zen ^a   Lo, Hsiang Yee ^a   Wang, Hei Chia ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Evaluation of CAL systems; Intelligent tutoring systems; Interactive learning environments; Interdisciplinary projects

Indexed keywords

EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION; EVALUATION OF CAL SYSTEMS; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; INTELLIGENT TUTORING SYSTEM; INTERACTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; INTERDISCIPLINARY PROJECT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEWS; TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE MODEL;

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; DESIGN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; SURVEYS; TEACHING;

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY;

EID: 84880386734     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2013.06.011     Document Type: Article

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