Not the right kind of 'digital capital'? An examination of the complex relationship between disabled students, their technologies and higher education institutions

Computers and Education

Volumn 82, Issue , 2015, Pages 118-128

  Seale, Jane ^a   Georgeson, Jan ^b   Mamas, Christoforos ^b   Swain, Julie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assistive technology; Digital capital; Disabled students; Higher education

Indexed keywords

E-LEARNING; SURVEYS;

ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY; COMPLEX RELATIONSHIPS; DIGITAL CAPITAL; DISABLED STUDENTS; HIGHER EDUCATION; HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS; ONLINE QUESTIONNAIRE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEWS;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84915785867     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2014.11.007     Document Type: Article

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