Digital doctorates? An exploratory study of PhD candidates’ use of online tools

Innovations in Education and Teaching International

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 76-86

  Dowling, Robyn ^a   Wilson, Michael ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

doctoral education; online education; web 2.0

Indexed keywords

EID: 84933566474     PISSN: 14703297     EISSN: 14703300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14703297.2015.1058720     Document Type: Article

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