Successful distance education programs in sub-saharan Africa

Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 136-145

  Leary, John ^a   Berge, Zane ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Distance education (DE); In sub Saharan Africa (SSA); Information and communication technology (ICT); Web based training (WBT) systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 34047103407     PISSN: 13026488     EISSN: 13026488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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