Designing online courses that effectively engage learners from diverse cultural backgrounds

British Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 294-311

  Wang, Minjuan ^a,b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL ASPECTS; ONLINE COURSES; ONLINE LEARNING; POWER DISTANCE INDEX (PDI);

LEARNING SYSTEMS; ONLINE SYSTEMS; SOCIAL ASPECTS; STUDENTS;

EDUCATION;

EID: 33847312327     PISSN: 00071013     EISSN: 14678535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8535.2006.00626.x     Document Type: Article

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