Teachers' perceptions of a professional development distance learning course: A qualitative case study

Journal of Research on Technology in Education

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 107-116

  Broady Ortmann, Christel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Foreign language teachers; Professional development; Teacher attitudes toward technology; Teacher perceptions of technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 85007839584     PISSN: 15391523     EISSN: 19450818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15391523.2002.10782373     Document Type: Article

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