Creating an Online Learning Community: Is it Possible?

Innovative Higher Education

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 305-315

  Murdock, Jennifer L ^a   Williams, Amy M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO   (United States)

^b AspenPointe Health Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Course format; Learning community; Online learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 80255123889     PISSN: 07425627     EISSN: 15731758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10755-011-9188-6     Document Type: Article

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