Pioneering the electronic school by using focus groups for planning

Journal of Computer Assisted Learning

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 320-329

  Katz, Larry ^a   Williams, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attitude; Focus groups; Interview; IT use; Policy making; Qualitative; School; Secondary

Indexed keywords

EID: 30244546223     PISSN: 02664909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0266-4909.2002.00243.x     Document Type: Article

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