The tortoise and the hare enigma in e-transformation in Japanese and Korean higher education

British Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 610-630

  Latchem, Colin ^a,b,c,j   Jung, Insung ^d,e   Aoki, Kumiko ^c,f,g   Ozkul, Ali Ekrem ^c,h,i  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Open and Distance Learning Association of Australia

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MULTIMEDIA EDUCATION   (Japan)

^d INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e Korea National Open University   (South Korea)

^f BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^h ANADOLU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

ⁱ Open Learning Faculty   (Turkey)

^j NONE   (Australia)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURES (TRADITIONAL); E LEARNING; E TRANSFORMATION; FACULTY MEMBERS; HIGHER EDUCATION (HE); HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY (ICT); JAPANESE UNIVERSITIES; POLICY MAKERS; STRATEGIC PLANS;

E-LEARNING; INTERNET; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; PLANNING; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

EDUCATION;

EID: 47249091883     PISSN: 00071013     EISSN: 14678535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8535.2007.00771.x     Document Type: Article

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