Technological diversity: An investigation of students' technology use in everyday life and academic study

Learning, Media and Technology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 387-401

  Corrin, Linda ^a   Lockyer, Lori ^a   Bennett, Sue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Digital natives; Higher education; Net generation; Technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650253771     PISSN: 17439884     EISSN: 17439892     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17439884.2010.531024     Document Type: Article

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