Email as a learning technology in the South Pacific: An evaluation

Educational Technology and Society

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 40-53

  Frank, Jonathan ^a   Toland, Janet ^b  

^a SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Collectivist culture; Computer mediated communication; Distance education; Email; South Pacific

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037682329     PISSN: 14364522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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