From the field: Characteristics of successful tertiary online students and strategies of experienced online educators

Education and Information Technologies

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 5-16

  Schrum, Lynne ^a   Hong, Sunjoo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Distance education; Online learning; Online strategies; Student success; Tertiary education

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844546237     PISSN: 13602357     EISSN: 15737608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015354423055     Document Type: Article

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