The prospects for e-learning revolution in education: A philosophical analysis

Educational Philosophy and Theory

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 294-314

  Gunga, Samson O ^a,b   Ricketts, Ian W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A Teacher; Administration of online education; E Student; E Teacher; Online methods in chemistry; Online education communications; Online education content management; Online educational technology; Online teaching design; Philosophy of online education; Psychology of online education

Indexed keywords

EID: 65349189013     PISSN: 00131857     EISSN: 14695812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-5812.2007.00332.x     Document Type: Article

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