Learning together apart: Distance education in a virtual world

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Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Holmberg, Kim ^a   Huvila, Isto ^a  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

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EID: 55249113448     PISSN: 13960466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5210/fm.v13i10.2178     Document Type: Article

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