IT takes a village: Virtual communities in support of education

International Journal of Information Management

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 473-489

  Wachter, Renee M ^a   Gupta, Jatinder N D ^b   Quaddus, Mohammed A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INDIANAPOLIS   (United States)

^b BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; COMPUTER SYSTEMS PROGRAMMING; ELECTRONIC COMMUNITIES; RESPONSE TIME (COMPUTER SYSTEMS); STUDENTS; WORLD WIDE WEB;

VIRTUAL EDUCATION SUPPORT; VIRTUAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0034541564     PISSN: 02684012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0268-4012(00)00039-6     Document Type: Article

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