Restructuring of Australian higher education: Information technology in geography teaching and learning

Australian Geographer

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 135-157

  Rich, David C ^a   Pitman, Andrew J ^a   Gosper, Maree ^a   Jacobson, Carol ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Geographical education; Higher education; Information technology; Internet; Teaching and learning; World Wide Web

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHY TEACHING; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; TEACHING APPROACH;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0031422586     PISSN: 00049182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049189708703189     Document Type: Article

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