Virtual learning effectiveness: An examination of the process

The Learning Organization

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 209-225

  Stonebraker, Peter W ^a   Hazeltine, James E ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Distance learning; Learning organizations; Lifelong learning; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992978661     PISSN: 09696474     EISSN: 1758905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09696470410532987     Document Type: Article

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