Capacity constraints in developing countries: A need for more e-learning space? the case of nigeria

ASCILITE 2009 - The Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 243-255

  Ekundayo, Moyosore Samuel ^a   Ekundayo, John Moyo ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b University Tun Abdul Razak   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Capacity constraints; Developing countries; E learning; ICT; Nigeria

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DRAIN; CAPACITY BUILDING; CAPACITY CONSTRAINTS; ECONOMIC GROWTHS; HIGHER EDUCATION; HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM; HUMAN CAPITALS; ICT; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY; LIFE LONG LEARNING; NIGERIA; NIGERIANS; POLITICAL UNREST; POTENTIAL CONSTRAINTS; SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; E-LEARNING; ECONOMICS;

EDUCATION;

EID: 84870859799     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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