Face-to-face versus online tutoring support in humanities courses in distance education

Arts and Humanities in Higher Education

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 69-85

  Richardson, John T E ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Approaches to studying; Blended learning; Distance education; Face to face tuition; Online tuition; Perceptions of academic quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 63149141443     PISSN: 14740222     EISSN: 1741265X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1474022208098303     Document Type: Article

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