Determinants of digital inequality in universities: The case of ecuador

Journal of E-Learning and Knowledge Society

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 149-161

  Torres Diaz, Juan Carlos ^a   Duart, Josep M ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD TÉCNICA PARTICULAR DE LOJA   (Ecuador)

^b UNIVERSITAT OBERTA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Digital divide; Higher education; Income; Internet use; Learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84943240433     PISSN: 18266223     EISSN: 19718829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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