The correlates of the digital divide and their impact on college student learning

Computers and Education

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 421-436

  Tien, Flora F ^a   Fu, Tsu Tan ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF ECONOMICS   (Taiwan)

^c ACADEMIA SINICA   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Adult learning; Country specific developments; Post secondary education; Teaching learning strategies

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; STUDENTS;

ADULT LEARNING; COUNTRY SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENTS; LEARNING STRATEGIES;

E-LEARNING;

EID: 35148823773     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2006.07.005     Document Type: Article

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