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Bridging the Bandwidth Gap: Open Educational Resources and the Digital Divide
Haßler, B. and Jackson, A M.

PublishedApril 2010
JournalIEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies
Volume 3, Issue 2, Pages 110 - 115


Published atEEE Computer Soc, 10662 Los Vaqueros Circle, PO Box 3014, Los Alamitos, CA 90720-1314 USA
Languageen
ISSN1939-1382
Accession numberWOS:000292541200006
DOI10.1109/TLT.2010.8
URLhttp://www.computer.org/csdl/trans/lt/2010/02/tlt2010020110.html
Other informationIEEE Trans. Learning Technol.
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