Learners and learning in the twenty-first century: What do we know about students' attitudes towards and experiences of information and communication technologies that will help us design courses?

Studies in Higher Education

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 257-274

  Kirkwood, Adrian ^a   Price, Linda ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 19944410178     PISSN: 03075079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03075070500095689     Document Type: Review

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