Digital Divide: Issues Facing Adult Learners
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Digital Divide: Issues Facing Adult Learners
Technology had enabled many adult to pursue their education. However, technology changes in terms of type and accessing had caused “digital divide” (DD) to exist among students of all ages. In this paper, issues which should be incorporated in measuring digital divide for adult learners are discussed. The issues which are discussed in this paper are age, gender and income. Why these issues shou...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Computer and Information Science
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1913-8997,1913-8989
DOI: 10.5539/cis.v2n1p132