Developing a quality assurance process to guide the design and assessment of online courses

Technical Communication

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 475-489

  Dayton, David ^a   Vaughn, Mary Mcshane ^b,c,d,e,f  

^a TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Industrial Engineering Technology

^c American Society for Quality   (India)

^d Institute of Industrial Engineers

^e AMERICAN STATISTICAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^f AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR ENGINEERING EDUCATION   (United States)

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EID: 38949132183     PISSN: 00493155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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