Study orchestrations in distance learning: Identifying dissonance and its implications for distance educators

International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1-16

  Anderson, Bill ^a   Lee, Scott W F ^a   Simpson, Mary G ^a   Stein, Sarah J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Approaches to study; Higher education; Metacognition; Study orchestrations

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960762867     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14923831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.19173/irrodl.v12i5.977     Document Type: Article

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