Predicting student satisfaction in distance education and learning environments

Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 113-119

  Sahin, Ismail ^a  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

DELES; Distance education; Learning environment; Student satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 34047092275     PISSN: 13026488     EISSN: 13026488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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