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DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES FOR ELEARNING DURING LOCKDOWN: A COMPARATIVE STUDY

Desireé Cranfield Orcid Logo, Andrea Tick, Isabella Venter, Renette Blignaut, Karen Renaud

ICERI2021 Proceedings, Start page: 8658

Swansea University Author: Desireé Cranfield Orcid Logo

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Higher education institutions, globally, had to transform their approach dramatically and suddenly to the delivery of their educational programmes during the COVID-19 pandemic and consequent ‘lockdown’. The different countries’ responses to the pandemic were quite unique, based on their specific cir...

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Published in: ICERI2021 Proceedings
ISBN: 978-84-09-34549-6
ISSN: 2340-1095
Published: IATED 2021
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