Distance education via SMS technology in rural Bangladesh

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 87-96

  Islam, Yusuf Mahbubul ^a   Doyle, Kenneth O ^b  

^a DAFFODIL INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell phones; Distance education; SMS

Indexed keywords

EID: 48349140417     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: 15523381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764208321343     Document Type: Article

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