Online learning technology in an SME work-based setting

Educational Technology and Society

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 81-86

  Brink, Bernd ^a   Munro, John ^a   Osborne, Mike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Information Communication Technology (ICT); Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SMEs); Work based learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042637504     PISSN: 14364522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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