Action research in continuing professional distance education

Journal of Computer Assisted Learning

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 429-437

  Nunes, Miguel Baptista ^a   McPherson, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Action research; Continuing; Distance; ELearning; Internet; Professional; Systems design; University

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842534230     PISSN: 02664909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0266-4909.2003.00047.x     Document Type: Article

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