Problem-based learning in an online course: A case study

International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2005, Pages

  Cheaney, James ^a   Ingebritsen, Thomas S ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Case based learning; Cooperative learning; Distance education; Genetic diseases; Genetic testing; Instructional design; Problem based learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 27744589476     PISSN: 14923831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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