The sociability of computer-supported collaborative learning environments

Educational Technology and Society

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 8-22

  Kreijns, Karel ^a   Kirschner, Paul A ^a   Jochems, Wim ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Computer supported collaborative learning (CSCL); Distributed learning group (DLG); Group awareness widget (GAW); Social affordances; Social interaction; System sociability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012526431     PISSN: 14364522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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