Qualifying online teachers-Communicative skills and their impact on e-learning quality

Education and Information Technologies

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 41-51

  Levinsen, Karin Tweddell ^a  

^a Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Collaborative learning; Communication skills; Online pedagogy; Teachers' competencies; Virtual environments

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846516409     PISSN: 13602357     EISSN: 15737608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10639-006-9025-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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