Constructing and implementing a web-based graduate social policy course: A pilot test in cyberspace

Social Policy Journal

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 73-90

  Roberts DeGennaro, Maria ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer mediated instruction; Cyberspace learning; Online learning and teaching; Online policy course; Web based teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011243068     PISSN: 15332942     EISSN: 15332950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J185v01n02_06     Document Type: Article

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