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Developing Student Support for Open and Distance Learning: The EMPOWER Project

Journal of Interactive Media in Education
Volume 2018 (2018): Issue 1
By: Angeles Sánchez-Elvira Paniagua and  Ormond Simpson  
Open Access
|Jul 2018

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/jime.470 | Journal eISSN: 1365-893X
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Language: English
Submitted on: Dec 20, 2017
Accepted on: May 10, 2018
Published on: Jul 30, 2018
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
Keywords:
student support,
distance learning,
online learning,
motivation,
drop-out,
EMPOWER project

© 2018 Angeles Sánchez-Elvira Paniagua, Ormond Simpson, published by Ubiquity Press
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

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