Distance education and the complexity of accessing the internets

International Journal of Phytoremediation

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 95-102

  Rye, Ståle Angen ^a   Zubaidah, Ida ^b  

^a Agder College   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITAS TERBUKA   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Access to computers; Distance education; Indonesia; Internet; Technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856899305     PISSN: 15226514     EISSN: 15497879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02680510802051897     Document Type: Article

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