Scaling up: Faculty workload, class size, and student satisfaction in a distance learning course on geographic information science

Journal of Geography in Higher Education

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 139-158

  Dibiase, David ^a   Rademacher, Henry J ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Class size; Distance learning; E education; Faculty workload; Geographic information science; GIS; Scalability

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHY EDUCATION; GIS; LEARNING;

EID: 16344384410     PISSN: 03098265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03098260500030520     Document Type: Article

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