Polychronicity: review of the literature and a new configuration for the study of this hidden dimension of online learning

Distance Education

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 294-310

  Capdeferro, Neus ^a   Romero, Margarida ^a,b   Barberà, Elena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT OBERTA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

e learning; monochronic time; monochronicity; polychronic time; polychronicity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908650030     PISSN: 01587919     EISSN: 14750198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01587919.2015.955249     Document Type: Article

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