The assessment in distance education: a glimmer on the horizon

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Published: Apr 5, 2002
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17471/2499-4324/524
Keywords:
evaluation, theoretical model, validation, Educational Technology, Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL), Learning and Telematics,

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Fabrizio Ballor
Dipartimento di Psicologia, Università degli Studi di Palermo
Stefano Boca
Dipartimento di Psicologia, Università degli Studi di Palermo
Stefano Ruggieri
Dipartimento di Psicologia, Università degli Studi di Palermo

Abstract

An analysis of the problem of evaluation of distance learning in three parts: the first purely theoretical, the second drawing on the theoretical model for the construction of an empirical assessment tool, and a third on the application thereof to a training project Distance.

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Vol. 10 No. 1 (2002): TD25 - Learning and Telematics
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Articles - Special Issue

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Author Biography

Stefano Ruggieri, Dipartimento di Psicologia, Università degli Studi di Palermo

Dipartimento di Psicologia, Università degli Studi di Palermo

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