Electronic textbooks: Antecedents of students' adoption and learning outcomes

Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 149-173

  Terpend, Regis ^a   Gattiker, Thomas F ^a   Lowe, Scott E ^a  

^a BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic areas; Administrative structure leadership; Content areas; Operations management; Pedagogical approaches; Technology and innovation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898464368     PISSN: 15404595     EISSN: 15404609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dsji.12031     Document Type: Article

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