Evaluation and the invisible student: Theories, practice and problems in evaluating distance education provision

Quality Assurance in Education

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 14-22

  Gilroy, Peter ^a   Long, Peter ^b   Rangecroft, Margaret ^c   Tricker, Tony ^c  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Distance learning; Education; Higher education; Improvement; Quality evaluation; Students; Teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 29944441427     PISSN: 09684883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09684880110381292     Document Type: Review

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