The meaning of culture in online education: Implications for teaching, learning, and design

Globalized E-Learning Cultural Challenges

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 1-17

  Wang, Chun Min ^a   Reeves, Thomas C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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EID: 84860763437     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-301-2.ch001     Document Type: Chapter

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