How cultural and learning style differences impact students' learning preferences in blended learning

Transcultural Blended Learning and Teaching in Postsecondary Education

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 30-51

  Tempelaar, Dirk T ^a   Rienties, Bart ^b   Giesbers, Bas ^a   van der Loeff, Sybrand Schim ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-2014-8.ch003     Document Type: Chapter

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