Creating virtual classrooms for rural and remote communities

Phi Delta Kappan

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 22-27

  Rao, Kavita ^a   Eady, Michelle ^b   Edelen Smith, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

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EID: 80051569272     PISSN: 00317217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003172171109200605     Document Type: Article

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