Preservice Teachers’ Views of Instructor Presence in Online Courses

Journal of Digital Learning in Teacher Education

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 139-145

  Hodges, Charles B ^a   Forrest Cowan, S ^a  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

instructor presence; online instruction; preservice teacher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84933526507     PISSN: 21532974     EISSN: 23327383     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21532974.2012.10784694     Document Type: Article

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