TEACHING EFFECTIVENESS IN TECHNOLOGY-MEDIATED DISTANCE LEARNING.
Academy of Management JournalPublished 1 December 1997
Jane Webster, Peter Hackley
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Technology-mediated distance learning is becoming increasingly important to business curricula. However, little theoretical development or empirical research has examined teaching effectiveness in ...
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