Student-student mentoring for retention and engagement in distance education

Open Learning

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 115-130

  Boyle, Frank ^a   Kwon, Jinhee ^b   Ross, Catherine ^c   Simpson, Ormond ^d  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Korea National Open University   (South Korea)

^c Open Polytechnic of New Zealand   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Culturally relevant support; E learning; Mentoring; Peer support; Student engagement; Student retention; Student support; Study dating

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958153326     PISSN: 02680513     EISSN: 14699958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02680511003787370     Document Type: Article

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