Teachers' attitudes to and beliefs about web-based Collaborative Learning Environments in the context of an international implementation

Computers and Education

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 295-315

  Kollias, Vassilios ^a   Mamalougos, Nektarios ^b   Vamvakoussi, Xenia ^b   Lakkala, Minna ^c   Vosniadou, Stella ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cooperative collaborative learning; Distributed learning environments; Evaluation methodologies; National school culture

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; COMPUTERS; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; RESEARCH; STUDENTS; WORLD WIDE WEB;

COOPERATIVE/COLLABORATIVE LEARNING; DISTRIBUTED LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS; EVALUATION METHODOLOGIES; INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES; NATIONAL SCHOOL CULTURE;

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK;

EID: 21844465695     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2005.04.012     Document Type: Article

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