Describing or debunking? The net generation and digital natives

Journal of Computer Assisted Learning

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 317-320

  Jones, C ^a   Czerniewicz, L ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

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EID: 77956719112     PISSN: 02664909     EISSN: 13652729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2729.2010.00379.x     Document Type: Editorial

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