A field study on distance education and communication: Experiences of a virtual tutor

Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2001, Pages

  Schweizer, Karin ^a   Paechter, Manuela ^a   Weidenmann, Bernd ^a  

^a BUNDESWEHR UNIVERSITY MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; CYBERNETICS; EVALUATION; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL ASPECTS; STUDENTS; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS; VIRTUAL REALITY; WEBSITES;

TYPOGRAPHICAL SIDEWAYS SYMBOLS; VIRTUAL TUTOR;

DISTANCE EDUCATION;

EID: 3242781675     PISSN: 10836101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1083-6101.2001.tb00116.x     Document Type: Article

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