Towards Identifying Quality Assurance Standards in Virtual Learning Environments for Science Education.
Many studies indicated the beneficial impacts of Virtual Learning Environments (VLE) on teaching and learning experience (Barbour & Reeves, 2009). Therefore, quality and standardisation of e-learning have become a crucial success factor to ensure the quality of learning and to maximize benefits gain...
| Published in: | Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities Vol. 20; no. 3; pp. 797 - 828 |
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Universiti Putra Malaysia
Sep2012
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