Balascio, C. C. (2015, June), A Dozen Years of Asynchronous Learning: Using LON-CAPA for Online Problem Sets  Paper presented at 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Seattle, Washington. 10.18260/p.23378

\bibitem{asee_peer_23378}
  Balascio, C. C. (2015, June), \emph{A Dozen Years of Asynchronous Learning: Using LON-CAPA for Online Problem Sets}
  Paper presented at 2015 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Seattle, Washington.
  10.18260/p.23378

Carmine C. Balascio P.E..  "A Dozen Years of Asynchronous Learning: Using LON-CAPA for Online Problem Sets".  2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Seattle, Washington, 2015, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2015.  https://peer.asee.org/23378 Internet.  12 May, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_23378}
  Carmine C. Balascio P.E..
  "A Dozen Years of Asynchronous Learning: Using LON-CAPA for Online Problem Sets".
  \emph{2015 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Seattle, Washington, 2015, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2015.
  https://peer.asee.org/23378 Internet.  12 May, 2024

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