Then and now: Lessons from history concerning the merits and problems of distance education

SIMILE

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Adams, Jonathan ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33846853760     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14966603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/sim.7.1.002     Document Type: Article

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