Online learning: Learner characteristics and their approaches to managing learning

Instructional Science

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 129-149

  Del Valle, Rodrigo ^a   Duffy, Thomas M ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE TEMUCO   (Chile)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Distance education; Learner characteristics; Learning strategies; Online learning; Online professional development; Problem based learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 65049085083     PISSN: 00204277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11251-007-9039-0     Document Type: Article

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