The information superhighway: The golden spike of the 21st century

International Journal of Innovation and Learning

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 223-232

  Chong, P Pete ^a   DeVries, Peter D ^a   Van Den Hoek, Anne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON DOWNTOWN   (United States)

^b Deloitte and Touche   (United States)

Author keywords

Historical analogy; Information superhighway; Innovation; Internet; Learning; Railroad

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; LEARNING; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 18844413062     PISSN: 14718197     EISSN: 17408016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJIL.2005.006366     Document Type: Article

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