Dismay and disappointment: Perspectives of inexperienced adult learners on becoming webpage readers

International Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 43, Issue 7-8, 2005, Pages 495-508

  Attar, Dena ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Internet; Literacies; Multimodality; Usability; Webpages

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750190031     PISSN: 08830355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijer.2006.07.007     Document Type: Article

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