The case for using SMS technologies to support distance education students in South Africa

Perspectives in Education

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 115-122

  Vilen, Jeanne Marie ^a   Du Preez, Carl ^a   Cook, Antoinette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Academic learning support; Accessibility; Administrative learning support; Constructivist learning; Distance education; Interactive; Interactive Voice Response (IVR); M learning; SMS

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645695854     PISSN: 02582236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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