Research on the effectiveness of information technology in reducing the Rural-Urban Knowledge Divide

Computers and Education

Volumn 63, Issue , 2013, Pages 437-445

  Chen, Ruey Shin ^a   Liu, I Fan ^b  

^a NATIONAL QUEMOY UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b ORIENTAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Distance education and telelearning; E learning education policy; Evaluation of CAL systems; Improving classroom teaching; Interactive learning environments; Teaching learning strategies

Indexed keywords

DISTANCE EDUCATION AND TELE-LEARNING; EVALUATION OF CAL SYSTEMS; IMPROVING CLASSROOM TEACHING; INTERACTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; TEACHING/LEARNING STRATEGY;

E-LEARNING; EDUCATION COMPUTING; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PUBLIC POLICY; RESEARCH; RURAL AREAS; TEACHING;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84873883738     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2013.01.002     Document Type: Article

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