Krupczak, J., & Disney, K. A. (2011, June), An Online Resource for Developing Technological Literacy Courses  Paper presented at 2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Vancouver, BC. 10.18260/1-2--17477

\bibitem{asee_peer_17477}
  Krupczak, J., \& Disney, K. A. (2011, June), \emph{An Online Resource for Developing Technological Literacy Courses}
  Paper presented at 2011 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Vancouver, BC.
  10.18260/1-2--17477

John Krupczak and Kate A. Disney.  "An Online Resource for Developing Technological Literacy Courses".  2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Vancouver, BC, 2011, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2011.  https://peer.asee.org/17477 Internet.  04 Dec, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_17477}
  John Krupczak and Kate A. Disney.
  "An Online Resource for Developing Technological Literacy Courses".
  \emph{2011 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Vancouver, BC, 2011, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2011.
  https://peer.asee.org/17477 Internet.  04 Dec, 2024

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