Gender and learning strategy differences in nontraditional adult students' design preferences in hybrid distance courses

Journal of Interactive Online Learning

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2004, Pages

  Ausburn, Lynna ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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