'It's a unique role!' Perspectives on tutor attributes and expertise in distance language teaching

International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Shelley, Monica ^a   White, Cynthia ^b   Baumann, Uwe ^a   Murphy, Linda ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Distance language teaching; Tutor attributes; Tutor expertise

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751050836     PISSN: 14923831     EISSN: 14923831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.19173/irrodl.v7i2.297     Document Type: Review

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