Building a synchronous virtual classroom in a distance English Language Teacher Training (DELTT) program in Turkey

Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 9-20

  Aydin, Belgin ^a   Yuzer, T Volkan ^a  

^a ANADOLU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Blended approach; Distance education; Synchronous project; Virtual classroom

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646479209     PISSN: 13026488     EISSN: 13026488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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