Organisational issues for e-learning: Critical success factors as identified by HE practitioners

International Journal of Educational Management

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 542-558

  McPherson, Maggie ^a   Baptista Nunes, Miguel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Critical success factors; E learning; Educational administration; Focus groups; Research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986018718     PISSN: 0951354X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513540610704645     Document Type: Article

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