Implementing the First Cross-border Professional Development Online Course through International E-mentoring: Reflections and Perspectives
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5944/openpraxis.9.1.461 | Journal eISSN: 2304-070X
Language: English
Page range: 31 - 44
Submitted on: Oct 30, 2016
Accepted on: Mar 9, 2017
Published on: Jan 1, 2017
Published by: International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE)
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© 2017 Buddhini Gayathri Jayatilleke, Geetha Udayanganie Kulasekara, Malinda Bandara Kumarasinha, Charlotte Nirmalani Gunawardena, published by International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE)
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