Children's learning processes using unsupervised "hole in the wall" computers in shared public spaces

Australasian Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 339-354

  Dangwal, Ritu ^a   Kapur, Preeti ^a  

^a NIIT Institute of Information Technology   (India)

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EID: 48249086163     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14495554     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14742/ajet.1213     Document Type: Article

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