Identifying student attitudes and learning styles in distance education

Journal of Asynchronous Learning Network

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2001, Pages

  Valenta, Annette ^a   Therriault, David ^a   Dieter, Michael ^a   Mrtek, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitude to Computers; Distance; Education; Teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 1542591171     PISSN: 19395256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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