Book review: An Online Doctorate for Researching Professio

Authors

  • Ina Ghita Universitat de Barcelona

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1344/der.2018.34.112-114

Keywords:

online doctorate, digital learning, learning management systems, digital environment design

Abstract

As the demand for online postgraduate education is continuously rising, authors Swapna Kumar and Kara Dawson challenge the assumption that online professional doctoral programs are less rigorous than traditional ones and offer a model for post-graduate digital education in which scholarly thinking is embedded in the research and practice of the professional.

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Published

2018-12-21

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Number 34, December 2018

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Reviews

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