Instructor time and effort in online and face-to-face teaching: Lessons learned

IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 138-151

  Worley, Wanda L ^a   Tesdell, Lee S ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Distance learning; E learning; Face to face (FTF) teaching and learning; Higher education; Online teaching and learning; Pedagogy; Technical communication; Technical writing; Time and effort; Web courses

Indexed keywords

STUDENTS; TEACHING; TECHNICAL WRITING;

DISTANCE-LEARNING; E - LEARNING; FACE TO FACE; FACE-TO-FACE TEACHING AND LEARNING; HIGH EDUCATIONS; ONLINE TEACHING AND LEARNING; PEDAGOGY; TEACHING AND LEARNING; TECHNICAL COMMUNICATIONS; TIME AND EFFORT; WEB COURSE;

E-LEARNING;

EID: 66949125426     PISSN: 03611434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPC.2009.2017990     Document Type: Article

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