The digital divide metaphor: Understanding paths to IT literacy

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 4656 LNCS, Issue , 2007, Pages 265-280

  Ferro, Enrico ^a   Gil Garcia, J Ramon ^b   Helbig, Natalie ^c  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE MARIO BOELLA   (Italy)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y DOCENCIA ECONÓMICAS   (Mexico)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital divide; e Inclusion; e Policies; e Skills

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL DEVICES; INTERNET; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

DIGITAL DIVIDE; E-INCLUSION; E-POLICIES; E-SKILLS;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 38048999826     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-74444-3_23     Document Type: Conference Paper

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