Identification and prioritization of critical issues for the promotion of e-learning in Pakistan

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 51, Issue PA, 2015, Pages 161-171

  Farid, Shahid ^a   Ahmad, Rodina ^a   Niaz, Iftikhar Azim ^b   Arif, Muhammad ^a   Shamshirband, Shahaboddin ^a   Khattak, Muhammad Daud ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b Department of Computer Science COMSATS Institute of Information Technology ^*  (Pakistan)

^c ALLAMA IQBAL OPEN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Computer mediated communication; Country specific developments; Distributed learning environments; E learning issues; Information and communication technology; Lifelong learning

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; E-LEARNING;

COMPUTER MEDIATED COMMUNICATION; COUNTRY-SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT; DISTRIBUTED LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; LIFE LONG LEARNING;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 84929615944     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2015.04.037     Document Type: Review

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