Teaching and Learning in Nursing
Volume 5, Issue 1 , Pages 27-32 , January 2010

Online learning: getting comfortable in the cyber class

  • Lisa McCord, MSN, MBA, RN

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  • Walter McCord, MBA

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doi: 10.1016/j.teln.2009.05.003

Teaching and Learning in Nursing
Volume 5, Issue 1 , Pages 27-32 , January 2010