A review of trends in distance education scholarship at research universities in North America, 1998-2007

International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 42-56

  Davies, Randall S ^a   Howell, Scott L ^a   Petrie, Jo Ann ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Distance education; Graduate student research; Research utilization

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049239446     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14923831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.19173/irrodl.v11i3.876     Document Type: Review

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