Distance education: Has technology become a threat to the academy?

Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, and Computers

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 197-207

  Eamon, Douglas B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN WHITEWATER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; INFORMATION SYSTEM; UNIVERSITY;

ACCREDITATION; EDUCATION, DISTANCE; FACULTY; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 0033125501     PISSN: 07433808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03207711     Document Type: Article

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