Educationally critical aspects of a deep understanding of the concept of an information system

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn Part F129121, Issue , 2000, Pages 48-55

  Cope, Chris ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SURVEYS;

EFFECTIVE PRACTICES; LEARNING TASKS; SOCIAL SYSTEMS; TEACHING AND LEARNING; TECHNICAL ASPECTS; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84902375019     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/359369.359376     Document Type: Conference Paper

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