Teaching teachers about augmentative and alternative communication: Opportunities and challenges of a web-based course

AAC: Augmentative and Alternative Communication

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 264-277

  Lebel, Tal ^a,b,c,d,e   Olshtain, Elite ^a   Weiss, Patrice L ^b,d  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^c Kibbutzim College of Education   (Israel)

^d Mishaul the Israeli Center for Augmentative Communication and Assistive Devices   (Israel)

^e NONE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC); Distance education; Online learning; Professional training; Teacher education; Web based instruction

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; DISTANCE EDUCATION; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PERSONNEL TRAINING; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; TEACHING; WORLD WIDE WEB;

AUGMENTATIVE AND ALTERNATIVE COMMUNICATION (AAC); ONLINE LEARNING; PROFESSIONAL TRAINING; TEACHER EDUCATION; WEB-BASED INSTRUCTION;

INFORMATION DISSEMINATION;

EID: 33745699031     PISSN: 07434618     EISSN: 14773848     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07434610500140311     Document Type: Article

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