Considering students' perceptions: The distance education student satisfaction model

Educational Technology and Society

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 216-223

  Sahin, Ismail ^a   Shelley, Mack ^b  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

College of education; Distance education; Student satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 54149113149     PISSN: 11763647     EISSN: 14364522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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