Online student orientation in higher education: A developmental study

Educational Technology Research and Development

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1051-1069

  Cho, Moon Heum ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Distance education; Online learning; Online student orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870389554     PISSN: 10421629     EISSN: 15566501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11423-012-9271-4     Document Type: Article

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