Older People Becoming Successful ICT Learners Over Time: Challenges and Strategies Through an Ethnographical Lens
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عنوان ژورنال: Educational Gerontology
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0360-1277,1521-0472
DOI: 10.1080/03601277.2012.703583