Effects of group support systems and content facilitation on knowledge acquisition

Journal of Management Information Systems

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 185-229

  Kwok, Ron Chi Wai ^a   Ma, Jian ^a   Vogel, Douglas R ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Collaborative learning; Facilitation; Group support system

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER WORKSTATIONS; DATA STRUCTURES; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; GROUPWARE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION; LEARNING SYSTEMS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

COLLABORATIVE LEARNING; CONTENT FACILITATION; GROUP SUPPORT SYSTEM; KNOWLEDGE STRUCTURE;

KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION;

EID: 0036986974     PISSN: 07421222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07421222.2002.11045731     Document Type: Article

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