Keeping it flexible: Integrating technology into distance education in the South Pacific

Educational Technology and Society

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 55-59

  Gold, Melissa ^a   Swann, Jennie ^a   Chief, Irene Yee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

Author keywords

Access; Course development; Distance education; Multimedia; PowerPoint; Technology; Video

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042692726     PISSN: 14364522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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