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Becoming an Online Distance Learner: What can be learned from students’ experiences of induction to distance programmes?

Gary Motteram The University of Manchester, UK
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Gillian Forrester The University of Manchester, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 281-298 | Published online: 19 Jan 2007

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