What are secondary students' expectations for teachers in virtual school environments?

Distance Education

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 23-45

  Oliver, Kevin ^a   Osborne, Jason ^a   Brady, Kevin ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Distance education; Evaluation; Student expectations; Teacher quality; Virtual schooling

Indexed keywords

EID: 67651156268     PISSN: 01587919     EISSN: 14750198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01587910902845923     Document Type: Article

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