Towards understanding international graduate student isolation in traditional and online environments

Educational Technology Research and Development

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 309-326

  Erichsen, Elizabeth A ^a   Bolliger, Doris U ^b  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Graduate student; International student; Mixed methods; Student isolation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955708049     PISSN: 10421629     EISSN: 15566501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11423-010-9161-6     Document Type: Article

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