Learning through collaboration in a distributed education environment

Educational Technology and Society

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 373-383

  Thomas, Pete ^a   Carswell, Linda ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collaborative learning; Distance education; Electronic communication; Internet; Tuition

Indexed keywords

EID: 0442303377     PISSN: 11763647     EISSN: 14364522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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