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Current Practices, Trends and Challenges in K-12 Online Learning

Cybernetics and Information Technologies
Volume 13 (2013): Issue 3 (September 2013)
By: Christo Dichev,  Darina Dicheva,  Gennady Agre and  Galia Angelova  
Open Access
|Sep 2013

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cait-2013-0028 | Journal eISSN: 1314-4081 | Journal ISSN: 1311-9702
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Language: English
Page range: 91 - 110
Published on: Sep 20, 2013
Published by: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Information and Communication Technologies
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
Online learning,
blended learning,
distance learning,
learning management systems,
K-12 education
Related subjects:
Computer sciences,
Information technology

© 2013 Christo Dichev, Darina Dicheva, Gennady Agre, Galia Angelova, published by Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Information and Communication Technologies
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons License.

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