Students in higher education: Social and academic uses of digital technology;El estudiante en la educación superior: Usos académicos y sociales de la tecnología digital

RUSC Universities and Knowledge Society Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 25-37

  Gallardo Echenique, Eliana ^a   Marqués Molías, Luis ^a   Bullen, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^b Technology and Knowledge Management   (Canada)

Author keywords

Digital learners; Digital technology; Higher education; ICT

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921716447     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1698580X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7238/rusc.v12i1.2078     Document Type: Article

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