Making the connection: Moore's theory of transactional distance and its relevance to the use of a virtual classroom in postgraduate online teacher education

Journal of Research on Technology in Education

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 187-209

  Falloon, Garry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Communication; Community classroom; Distance; Learning; Online; Synchronous; Virtual

Indexed keywords

EID: 85012507911     PISSN: 15391523     EISSN: 19450818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15391523.2011.10782569     Document Type: Article

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