Media and pedagogy in undergraduate distance education: A theory-based meta-analysis of empirical literature

Educational Technology Research and Development

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 141-176

  Lou, Yiping ^a   Bernard, Robert M ^b   Abrami, Philip C ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

Distance education; Meta analysis; Technology mediated learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745653314     PISSN: 10421629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11423-006-8252-x     Document Type: Article

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