Normalisation of Technology Use in a Developing Country Higher Education Institution

The purpose of this study is to understand how the use of an online course and lecturer evaluation becomes a normalised way of evaluating courses and lecturers in a developing country higher education institution. Extant literature on course and lecturer evaluations has concentrated on the approache...

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Published in:International journal of advanced computer science & applications 2017-01, Vol.8 (8)
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