Ethical concerns about virtual schools

Journal of Religious and Theological Information

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 31-47

  Russell, Glenn ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Computer assisted instruction; Ethics; Internet; Virtual schools

Indexed keywords

EID: 85012463406     PISSN: 10477845     EISSN: 15286924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J112v05n01_03     Document Type: Article

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