Saying yes to online learning: A first-time experience teaching an online graduate course in literacy education

Literacy Research and Instruction

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 120-136

  Peterson, Shelley Stagg ^a   Slotta, James ^a  

^a Teaching and Learning ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Distance learning; Graduate teacher education; Online learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449670820     PISSN: 19388071     EISSN: 19388063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19388070802226303     Document Type: Article

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