Introducing new students to ICT: Giving a purpose to it all

Active Learning in Higher Education

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 248-262

  Pritchard, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

computer skills; learning styles; pedagogy; teacher training; teaching approaches

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992898013     PISSN: 14697874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1469787404046846     Document Type: Article

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