Gender differences in availability, internet access and rate of usage of computers among distance education learners;Différences de sexe dans la disponibilité, l’accès à internet et la fréquence d’utilisation des ordinateurs chez les étudiants apprenant à distance;Geschlechtsbezogne Unterschiede bei der Verfügbarkeit eines Internetzugangs und Nutzung von Computern bei Studenten des Fernunterrichts

Educational Media International

Volumn 39, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 205-210

  Atan, Hanfi ^a   Sulaiman, Fauziah ^a   Rahman, Zuraidah Abd ^a   Idrus, Rozhan Mohammed ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

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EID: 84993059479     PISSN: 09523987     EISSN: 14695790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09523980210166459     Document Type: Article

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