The centralisation dilemma in educational IT

International Journal of Virtual and Personal Learning Environments

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-9

  Weller, Martin ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

E Learning; IT Services; Learning Environments; Pedagogy; Personalisation; Student Support; Web 2.0

Indexed keywords

EID: 81855190067     PISSN: 19478518     EISSN: 19478526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jvple.2010091701     Document Type: Article

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