"Everybody is their own Island" Teacher disconnection in a virtual school

International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 124-144

  Hawkins, Abigail ^a   Graham, Charles R ^a   Barbour, Michael K ^b  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disconnection; K 12 online learning; Online teaching; Teacher student interaction; Virtual schooling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865284043     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14923831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.19173/irrodl.v13i2.967     Document Type: Article

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