Educationally critical aspects of the concept of an information system

Informing Science

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 67-79

  Cope, Chris ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Information system concepts; Information system learning; Information system teaching; Phenomenographic research

Indexed keywords

EID: 12844266036     PISSN: 15214672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.28945/538     Document Type: Review

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