The development of distributed learning techniques in Bhutan and Nepal

International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Rennie, Frank ^a   Mason, Robin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bhutan; Distributed education; Nepal; Pedagogy

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947375109     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14923831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.19173/irrodl.v8i1.339     Document Type: Review

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