Online professional development: Lessons from the field

Education + Training

Volumn 46, Issue , 2004, Pages 326-334

  Vrasidas, Charalambos ^a   Zembylas, Michalinos ^a  

^a Intercollege ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Distance learning; Education; Teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986106079     PISSN: 00400912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00400910410555231     Document Type: Article

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