Meeting international postgraduate student needs: A programme-based model for learning and teaching support

Innovations in Education and Teaching International

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 295-308

  Coates, Nigel ^a   Dickinson, John ^a  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

blended learning; e learning; induction; international postgraduate students

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864995166     PISSN: 14703297     EISSN: 14703300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14703297.2012.703018     Document Type: Article

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