The clipper project: Lessons learned teaching an online economics course

Journal of Computing in Higher Education

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 99-120

  Bishop, M J ^a   Hyclak, Tom ^b   Yerk Zwickl, Sherri ^a  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

distance learning; economics instruction; higher education; student centered learning; virtual classrooms

Indexed keywords

EID: 58049217903     PISSN: 10421726     EISSN: 18671233     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03033415     Document Type: Article

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