Cui bono?: Revisiting the promises and perils of online learning

Computers and Composition

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 441-453

  Blair, Kristine L ^a   Monske, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Distance education; Electronic networks; Faculty workload; Online learning; Virtual community

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344037058     PISSN: 87554615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compcom.2003.08.016     Document Type: Article

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