The social democratization of knowledge: Some critical reflections on e-learning

Multicultural Education and Technology Journal

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 64-74

  Raza, Ahmad ^a   Rashid Kausar, A ^a   Paul, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Developing countries; E learning; Knowledge management; Learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 49249115788     PISSN: 1750497X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17504970710745210     Document Type: Article

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