Online learning: getting comfortable in the cyber class

Teaching and Learning in Nursing

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 27-32

  McCord, Lisa ^a   McCord, Walter ^a  

^a Huntington Junior College   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuing education; Cyber learning; Distance education; Internet education; Nursing shortage; Nursing students; Online learning; Web based courses

Indexed keywords

EID: 71649092586     PISSN: 15573087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.teln.2009.05.003     Document Type: Article

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