Student uses of technology in learning: two lenses

Interactive Technology and Smart Education

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 5-17

  Mcneill, Margot ^a   Ming Diao, Ming ^a   Gosper, Maree ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Education; Ethnography; Information technology; Learning; Students

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993009114     PISSN: 17415659     EISSN: 17588510     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17415651111125478     Document Type: Article

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