Older People Becoming Successful ICT Learners Over Time: Challenges and Strategies Through an Ethnographical Lens

Educational Gerontology

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 527-544

  Sayago, Sergio ^a   Forbes, Paula ^b   Blat, Josep ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

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EID: 84877273801     PISSN: 03601277     EISSN: 15210472     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03601277.2012.703583     Document Type: Article

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