Learning and teaching 24/7: Daily internet usage patterns at nine Australian universities

Campus-Wide Information Systems

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 27-44

  Spennemann, Dirk H R ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Education; Internet; Universities

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846092350     PISSN: 10650741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/10650740710726473     Document Type: Article

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