E-learning initiative at the University of Botswana: Challenges and opportunities

Campus-Wide Information Systems

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 99-109

  Mutula, Stephen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

Author keywords

Development; Internet; Learning; Universities

Indexed keywords

EID: 27644470783     PISSN: 10650741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/10650740210431916     Document Type: Article

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