Research and practice in K-12 online learning: A review of open access literature

International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Cavanaugh, Cathy S ^a   Barbour, Michael K ^b   Clark, Tom ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TA Consulting   (United States)

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EID: 79953770302     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14923831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.19173/irrodl.v10i1.607     Document Type: Article

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