Synchronous learning experiences: Distance and residential learners' perspectives in a blended graduate course

Journal of Interactive Online Learning

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 245-264

  Park, Yun Jeong ^a   Bonk, Curtis J ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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