Who's on the Line? Managing student communications in distance learning using a one-window approach

Open Learning

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 249-261

  Adria, Marco ^a   Woudstra, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b ATHABASCA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 3042654495     PISSN: 02680513     EISSN: 14699958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02680510126525     Document Type: Article

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