Social networking in cyberschooling: Helping to make online learning less isolating

TechTrends

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 56-60

  Barbour, Michael K ^a   Plough, Cory ^b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Odyssey Charter High School in Las Vegas   (United States)

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EID: 76349101831     PISSN: 87563894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11528-009-0307-5     Document Type: Article

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