Learning online? Educational Internet use and participation in adult learning, 2002 to 2010

Educational Review

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 451-469

  White, Patrick ^a   Selwyn, Neil ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adult learning; digital exclusion; inequalities; Internet; lifelong learning; participation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867527097     PISSN: 00131911     EISSN: 14653397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00131911.2011.626123     Document Type: Article

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