Understanding and analysing activity and learning in virtual communities

Journal of Computer Assisted Learning

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 474-487

  Henri, France ^a   Pudelko, B ^b  

^a Tel e University of Quebec   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Asynchronous; Collaboration; Learning; Negotiation; Peer, Socialization; Virtual communities

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842482292     PISSN: 02664909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0266-4909.2003.00051.x     Document Type: Article

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