Crossing the digital divide safely and trustingly: How ecologies of learning scaffold the journey

Computers and Education

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 333-352

  Henning, Elizabeth ^a   Van der Westhuizen, Duan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Distributed learning environments; Learning communities; Lifelong learning; Virtual learning environments

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; LEARNING SYSTEMS; SOCIAL ASPECTS; STUDENTS; TECHNOLOGY; VIRTUAL REALITY;

DISTRIBUTED LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS; LEARNING COMMUNITIES;

DISTANCE EDUCATION;

EID: 1242287554     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2003.08.006     Document Type: Article

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