Questions of culture in distance learning: A research review

International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1-19

  Uzuner, Sedef ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Asynchronous learning networks; Culture; Distance learning; Online learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349386261     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14923831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.19173/irrodl.v10i3.690     Document Type: Article

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