Effectiveness of virtual learning environments in basic skills business education: A field study in progress

Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Systems, ICIS 1998

Volumn , Issue , 1998, Pages 352-357

  Ahmad, Rami ^a   Piccoli, Gabriele ^a   Ives, Blake ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; E-LEARNING; EDUCATION COMPUTING; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; STUDENTS; TEACHING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

BUSINESS COMMUNITY; BUSINESS EDUCATIONS; CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS; CONSTRUCTIVIST LEARNING; LEARNING EFFECTIVENESS; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS; VIRTUAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS;

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EID: 84938975529     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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