Which Web Course Management System is Right for Me? A Comparison of WebCT 3.1 and Blackboard 5.0

Authors

  • Sabine Siekmann University of South Florida

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/cj.32636

Keywords:

web course, language-learning

Author Biography

  • Sabine Siekmann, University of South Florida

    Sabine Siekmann is a Ph.D student in Second Language Acquisition and Instructional Technology at the University of South Florida, where she teaches beginning German classes and works for the Florida Center for Instructional Technology, mainly in assisting faculty with their WebCT training. During her previous graduate work at Idaho State University she worked in the Instructional Technology Resource Center also mainly in WebCT training. She has used WebCT to supplement a second year German class and has reported results in her thesis.

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Published

2013-01-14

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Section

Software Reviews

How to Cite

Siekmann, S. (2013). Which Web Course Management System is Right for Me? A Comparison of WebCT 3.1 and Blackboard 5.0. CALICO Journal, 18(3), 590-617. https://doi.org/10.1558/cj.32636

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