Community of practice: A metaphor for online design?

Information Society

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 257-270

  Schwen, Thomas M ^a   Hara, Noriko ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community of practice; Instructional design; Learning theory; Online community

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041517639     PISSN: 01972243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01972240309462     Document Type: Article

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