The future's digital, isn't it? Some experience and forecasts based on the Open University's technology foundation course

Systems Research and Behavioral Science

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 147-155

  Morris, Dick ^a   Naughton, John ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Changing roles; Commoditisation; Computer mediated communication (CMC); Information technology; Innovation; Literacy; Student access

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033247884     PISSN: 10927026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1743(199903/04)16:2<147::AID-SRES282>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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