Adults learning online: Digital choice and/or digital exclusion?

New Media and Society

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 534-551

  Eynon, Rebecca ^a   Helsper, Ellen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adult learning; digital choice; digital exclusion; e learning; informal learning; internet use; lifelong learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958026118     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: 14617315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461444810374789     Document Type: Article

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