Conferences as learning communities: Some early lessons in using 'back-channel' technologies at an academic conference - Distributed intelligence or divided attention?

Journal of Computer Assisted Learning

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 317-329

  Jacobs, N ^a   McFarlane, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conference; Interactive technology; Knowledge building; Mobile technology; Order; Sequence

Indexed keywords

EID: 26444524412     PISSN: 02664909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2729.2005.00142.x     Document Type: Review

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