Competing in the e-learning environment-strategies for universities

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

Volumn 2002-January, Issue , 2002, Pages 3270-3279

  Gerhard, J ^a   Mayr, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Commercialization; Computer industry; Computer science education; Educational institutions; Educational programs; Electronic learning; Government; Identity based encryption; Industrial training; Read only memory

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; COMPUTER HARDWARE; EDUCATION; EDUCATION COMPUTING; PERSONNEL TRAINING; ROM; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

COMMERCIALIZATION; COMPUTER INDUSTRY; COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS; EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM; ELECTRONIC LEARNING; GOVERNMENT; IDENTITY BASED ENCRYPTION; INDUSTRIAL TRAINING;

E-LEARNING;

EID: 50049092841     PISSN: 15301605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HICSS.2002.994405     Document Type: Conference Paper

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