Using a blended approach to facilitate postgraduate supervision

Innovations in Education and Teaching International

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 213-226

  de Beer, Marie ^a   Mason, Roger B ^a,b  

^a DURBAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blended learning; Postgraduate research; Postgraduate supervision

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449378174     PISSN: 14703297     EISSN: 14703300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14703290902843984     Document Type: Article

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