Educational technology in transnational higher education in South East Asia: The cultural politics of flexible learning

Educational Technology and Society

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 8-18

  Ziguras, Christopher ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cross cultural teaching and learning; Cultural difference; Transnational education

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042582461     PISSN: 14364522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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