Working with difference in online collaborative groups

Adult Education Quarterly

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 182-199

  Smith, Regina O ^a  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaborative group; Consensus; Group transformation; Group as a whole; Online learning; Qualitative cross case analysis; Self authorship

Indexed keywords

EID: 18444394627     PISSN: 07417136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0741713605274627     Document Type: Article

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