Sessional, weekly and diurnal patterns of computer lab usage by students attending a regional University in Australia

Computers and Education

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 726-739

  Spennemann, Dirk H R ^a   Atkinson, John ^a   Cornforth, David ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Computing infrastructure; Human computer interface; Learning communities; Post secondary education; Teaching learning strategies

Indexed keywords

COLLEGE BUILDINGS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); LEARNING SYSTEMS; STUDENTS;

COMPUTING INFRASTRUCTURE; LEARNING COMMUNITIES; POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION; TEACHING/LEARNING STRATEGIES;

COMPUTER WORKSTATIONS;

EID: 34248637609     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2005.11.006     Document Type: Article

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