The impact of South Africa's ICT infrastructure on Higher Education

Proceedings of the International Conference on e-Learning, ICEL

Volumn 2008-January, Issue , 2008, Pages 69-76

  Brown, Cheryl ^a   Thomas, Herbert ^b   Van Der Merwe, Antoinette ^c   Van Dyk, Liezl ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Access; HE management; ICT infrastructure

Indexed keywords

E-LEARNING; MOBILE PHONES; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; TEACHING;

ACCESS; HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS (HEIS); ICT INFRASTRUCTURES; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; INSTITUTIONAL CONTEXTS; RECENT RESEARCHES; RESOURCE CONSTRAINT; TEACHING AND LEARNING;

EDUCATION;

EID: 84938693266     PISSN: 20488882     EISSN: 20488890     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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