Policy impacts on pedagogical practice and ICT use: An exploration of the results from SITES 2006

Journal of Computer Assisted Learning

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 465-477

  Law, N ^a   Lee, M W ^a   Chan, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Education policy impact; ICT in education; Lifelong learning; Multilevel analyses; Pedagogy; SITES 2006

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649623333     PISSN: 02664909     EISSN: 13652729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2729.2010.00378.x     Document Type: Article

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