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Design Of Web-Based Courses For Secondary Students, Michael K. Barbour
Design Of Web-Based Courses For Secondary Students, Michael K. Barbour
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This article reports the initial findings of a study that investigated design characteristics of a Web-based distance education programme for rural secondary school students who were unable to access a full range of courses at their school. Discovering the characteristics perceived to be important by course developers and teachers of Web-based courses along with the perceptions of the secondary students themselves was central in this study, which was guided by the research question: What characteristics do developers, teachers, and students perceive as important for an effectively designed Web-based course for secondary school students?
This study was the initial portion of …