Shadow systems: The good, the bad and the ugly

Communications of the ACM

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 124-129

  Behrens, Sandy ^a  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGHER EDUCATIONS; SHADOW SYSTEMS; SOURCES OF ENERGIES; TEACHING AND LEARNING; UNCERTAIN ENVIRONMENTS;

EID: 58849132056     PISSN: 00010782     EISSN: 15577317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/1461928.1461960     Document Type: Article

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