Communication within on-line forums: The opportunities, the constraints and the value of a communicative approach

Computers and Education

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 251-262

  Hammond, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adult learning; Computer mediated communication; Cooperative collaborative learning; Learning communities; Lifelong learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038330329     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-1315(00)00037-3     Document Type: Article

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