A research agenda for online teacher professional development

Journal of Teacher Education

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 8-19

  Dede, Chris ^a   Ketelhut, Diane Jass ^a   Whitehouse, Pamela ^a   Breit, Lisa ^a   McCloskey, Erin M ^a  

^a HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Online learning; Research agenda; Teacher professional development; Technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 58649099194     PISSN: 00224871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022487108327554     Document Type: Article

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