An e-learning approach to secondary education in Palestine: Opportunities and challenges

Information Technology for Development

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 159-173

  Shraim, Khitam ^a   Khlaif, Zuheir ^b  

^a AN NAJAH NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^b Ministry of Education and Higher Education   (Palestine)

Author keywords

Conflict context; e learning; Palestine; Readiness; Student centered learning

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; LEARNING SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

CONFLICT CONTEXT; E-LEARNING TECHNOLOGY; EDUCATIONAL NETWORKS; MOBILITY RESTRICTIONS; PALESTINE; READINESS; STUDENT-CENTERED LEARNING; WEB-BASED APPLICATIONS;

E-LEARNING;

EID: 78650349081     PISSN: 02681102     EISSN: 15540170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02681102.2010.501782     Document Type: Article

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