Turkish Mentors' Perception of roles, competencies and resources for online teaching

Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 58-80

  Aydin, Cengiz Hakan ^a  

^a ANADOLU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Competencies; Mentors; Online Learning in Turkey; Online Teaching; Roles

Indexed keywords

EID: 22944486309     PISSN: 13026488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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