Developing culturally inclusive educational multimedia in the South Pacific

Information Technology and Indigenous People

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 65-79

  Robbins, Christopher ^a,b  

^a RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

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EID: 80051602823     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-298-5.ch009     Document Type: Chapter

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