Enhancing disabled students' learning through virtual learning environments

Towards Inclusive Learning in Higher Education: Developing Curricula for Disabled Students

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 143-153

  Newland, Barbara ^a   Boyd, Victoria ^b   Pavey, Juliette ^b  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84904782822     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203088623     Document Type: Chapter

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