Creating virtual learning communities in Africa: Challenges and prospects

First Monday

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2000, Pages

  Darkwa, Osei ^a   Mazibuko, Fikile ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

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EID: 0004380296     PISSN: 13960466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5210/fm.v5i5.744     Document Type: Article

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