Cultural Differences in Online Learning: International Student Perceptions

Educational Technology and Society

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 177-188

  Liu, Xiaojing ^a   Liu, Shijuan ^b   Lee, Seung Hee ^c   Magjuka, Richard J ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Dong Ah Institute of Media and Arts   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Case based learning; Cultural differences; Diversity; Instruction design; Online learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958085783     PISSN: 11763647     EISSN: 14364522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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