Comparing online and traditional teaching – a different approach

Campus-Wide Information Systems

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 137-145

  Salter, Graeme ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Computer based learning; Learning methods; Online operation; Teaching methods; Worldwide web

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986117295     PISSN: 10650741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/10650740310491306     Document Type: Article

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