MSU medical colleges blended learning for first year science courses: Uniting pedagogy to maximize experience and real world limitations

Journal of Asynchronous Learning Network

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 55-63

  Lovell, Kathryn ^a   Vignare, Karen ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blended learning; Cyberinfrastructure; Medical education; Medical students; Multiple sites; Online learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959527178     PISSN: 19395256     EISSN: 19395256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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