Sage, guide, both, or even more? An examination of instructor activity in online MBA courses

Computers and Education

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1234-1244

  Arbaugh, J B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult learning; Distributed learning environments; Pedagogical issues; Teaching learning strategies

Indexed keywords

ADULT LEARNING; ANALYTICAL TOOL; DISTRIBUTED LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS; EDUCATION RESEARCH; ONLINE LEARNING; ONLINE MBA; PEDAGOGICAL ISSUES; TEACHING PRESENCE; TEACHING/LEARNING STRATEGY; TIME SPENT;

E-LEARNING; STUDENTS;

TEACHING;

EID: 77955553532     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2010.05.020     Document Type: Article

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