Collaboration and the successful use of information and communications technologies in teaching and learning geography in higher education

Journal of Geography in Higher Education

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 263-270

  Rich, David C ^a   Robinson, Geoffrey ^b   Bednarz, Robert S ^c  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaborative teaching and learning; Information and communications technologies (ICTs); Innovation; Interaction; International Network for Learning and Teaching Geography in Higher Education (INLT); Resource based learning

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHY EDUCATION; HIGHER EDUCATION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; TEACHING;

EID: 0033859182     PISSN: 03098265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713677378     Document Type: Conference Paper

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