Measuring technology readiness and skills

Handbook of Research on Educational Communications and Technology: Fourth Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 829-840

  Christensen, Rhonda ^a,b   Knezek, Gerald A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b Institute for the Integration of Technology into Teaching and Learning   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital literacy; Technology readiness; Twenty first century skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899832647     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-3185-5_67     Document Type: Chapter

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