E-learning and the digital divide: Perpetuating cultural and socio-economic elitism in higher education

Proceedings of the 13th European Conference on Information Systems, Information Systems in a Rapidly Changing Economy, ECIS 2005

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages

  Sims, Julian ^a   Powell, Philip ^b   Vidgen, Richard ^b  

^a BATH SPA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Digital divide; Learning technology; Widening participation

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND ACCESS; DIGITAL DIVIDE; HIGHER EDUCATION; LEARNING TECHNOLOGY; LIFE LONG LEARNING; NON-TRADITIONAL STUDENTS; SOCIO-ECONOMICS; WIDENING PARTICIPATION;

E-LEARNING; ECONOMICS; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; TECHNOLOGY;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84871009168     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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