Interactive Televised Courses: Student Perceptions of Teaching Effectiveness, with Recommendations

College Teaching

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 67-74

  Anderson, Lorraine P ^a   Kent, Calvin A ^a  

^a MARSHALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

distance education; evaluations; teacher effectiveness; technology in the classroom; televised courses

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008822573     PISSN: 87567555     EISSN: 19308299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/87567550209595878     Document Type: Article

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