Rethinking learner support: the challenge of collaborative online learning

Open Learning

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 105-119

  Thorpe, Mary ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0038637582     PISSN: 02680513     EISSN: 14699958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02680510220146887a     Document Type: Article

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