Student and faculty perceptions of the quality of online learning experiences

International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 57-77

  Ward, Michael E ^a   Peters, Gary ^a   Shelley, Kyna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Discussion in education; Instructional effectiveness in higher education; Internet in education; Online courses; Web based instruction

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049258782     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14923831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.19173/irrodl.v11i3.867     Document Type: Article

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