Making education equitable in rural china through distance learning

International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  McQuaide, S ^a  

^a ATHABASCA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Audio Visual tools; Deprs; ICT facilitated distance learning; Three delivery models

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958278348     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14923831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.19173/irrodl.v10i1.590     Document Type: Article

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