Course content or the instructor: Which is more important in on-line teaching?

Management Research News

Volumn 25, Issue 6-7, 2002, Pages 69-83

  Drago, William ^a   Peltier, Jimmy ^a   Sorensen, Donald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN WHITEWATER   (United States)

Author keywords

Distance learning; Effectiveness; Internet; Quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745803431     PISSN: 01409174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01409170210783322     Document Type: Article

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