Internationalizing professional development in geography through distance education

Journal of Geography in Higher Education

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 147-160

  Solem, Michael ^a   Chalmers, Lex ^b   Dibiase, David ^c   Donert, Karl ^d   Hardwick, Susan ^e  

^a Association of American Geographers   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LIVERPOOL HOPE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Distance education; International collaboration; Professional development

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHY EDUCATION; INTERNET; LEARNING; RETURNS TO EDUCATION; TEACHING;

EID: 33646392745     PISSN: 03098265     EISSN: 14661845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03098260500499808     Document Type: Article

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