The political economy of e-learning educational development: Strategies, standardisation and scalability

Education + Training

Volumn 46, Issue , 2004, Pages 370-379

  Kenney, Jacqueline ^a   Hermens, Antoine ^a   Clarke, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Computer based learning; Development; Emergent strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986065111     PISSN: 00400912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00400910410555286     Document Type: Article

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