Facilitating cross‐cultural online discussion groups: Implications for practice

Distance Education

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 151-167

  Williams, Saundra Wall ^a   Watkins, Karen ^b   Daley, Barbara ^c   Courtenay, Bradley ^b   Davis, Mike ^d   Dymock, Darryl ^e  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84898264260     PISSN: 01587919     EISSN: 14750198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0158791010220110     Document Type: Article

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