Profiling of English language teachers as trainees in an online course and ensuing implications

Computers and Education

Volumn 126, Issue , 2018, Pages 1-12

  Mavroudi, Anna ^a,b   Tsagari, Dina ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adult learning; Distance education and telelearning; Gender studies; Improving classroom teaching; Lifelong learning

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; E-LEARNING; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PERSONNEL TRAINING; SCAFFOLDS;

ADULT LEARNING; DISTANCE EDUCATION AND TELE-LEARNING; GENDER STUDIES; IMPROVING CLASSROOM TEACHING; LIFE LONG LEARNING;

TEACHING;

EID: 85049848682     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2018.06.029     Document Type: Article

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