La valutazione nella formazione a distanza: un barlume all'orizzonte

Contenuto principale dell'articolo

Fabrizio Ballor
Stefano Boca
Stefano Ruggieri

Abstract

Un analisi del problema della valutazione della Formazione a Distanza in tre parti: la prima prettamente teorico, la seconda attingendo al modello teorico per la costruzione di uno strumento di valutazione empirico, ed una terza dedicata all'applicazione dello stesso ad un progetto di Formazione a Distanza.

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Articoli - Numero speciale
Biografia autore

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

Dipartimento di Psicologia, Università degli Studi di Palermo

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