Learning management systems: ICT skills, usability and learnability

Interactive Technology and Smart Education

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 30-43

  Pretorius, Marco ^a   van Biljon, Judy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Communication technologies; Distance learning; Internet; Teaching methods; Universities; User studies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993089284     PISSN: 17415659     EISSN: 17588510     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17415651011031635     Document Type: Article

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