Bridging the Bandwidth Gap: Open Educational Resources and the Digital Divide
| Published | April 2010 |
| Journal | IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies Volume 3, Issue 2, Pages 110 - 115 |
| Keywords | challenges · content delivery chain · data communications aspects · developing countries · low-bandwidth operation · network management · transcoding |
| Published at | EEE Computer Soc, 10662 Los Vaqueros Circle, PO Box 3014, Los Alamitos, CA 90720-1314 USA |
| Language | en |
| ISSN | 1939-1382 |
| Accession number | WOS:000292541200006 |
| DOI | 10.1109/TLT.2010.8 |
| URL | http://www.computer.org/csdl/trans/lt/2010/02/tlt2010020110.html |
| Other information | IEEE Trans. Learning Technol. |
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