Measures of quality in online education: An investigation of the community of inquiry model and the net generation

Journal of Educational Computing Research

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 339-361

  Shea, Peter ^a   Bidjerano, Temi ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b FURMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 70350302358     PISSN: 07356331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/EC.39.4.b     Document Type: Article

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