Why we all want it to work: Towards a culturally based model for technology and educational change

British Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1005-1016

  Kerr, Stephen T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL CHANGE; TECHNOLOGY-AS-CULTURAL-TOOL; TYPOLOGY;

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; EDUCATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 33745203222     PISSN: 00071013     EISSN: 14678535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8535.2005.00570.x     Document Type: Article

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