An activity theory framework to explore distributed communities

Journal of Computer Assisted Learning

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 210-218

  Lewis, R ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activity theory; Cognition; Computer mediated communication; Distributed communities; Learning; Working

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031518573     PISSN: 02664909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2729.1997.00023.x     Document Type: Article

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