Age, gender, ethnicity and the digital divide: University students’ use of web-based instruction

International Journal of Phytoremediation

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 99-110

  Enoch, Yael ^a   Soker, Zeev ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Digital divide; Higher education; Israel; Structural factors; Usage gap; Web based instruction

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845745804     PISSN: 15226514     EISSN: 15497879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02680510600713045     Document Type: Article

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