Understanding enthusiasm and implementation: E-learning research questions and methodological issues

Learning Technology in Transition: from Individual Enthusiasm to Institutional Implementation

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 129-146

  Conole, Gràinne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

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