Activity theory and critical incident recall as a pedagogical approach for using online knowledge-building communities in schools

Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik

Volumn 122, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 511-515

  Fullick, P L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activity theory; Critical incidents; Knowledge building; Online communities; Pedagogy

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; ONLINE SYSTEMS; STUDENTS;

ACTIVITY THEORY; CRITICAL INCIDENTS; KNOWLEDGE-BUILDING; ONLINE COMMUNITIES; PEDAGOGY;

LEARNING SYSTEMS;

EID: 30344437588     PISSN: 0932383X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03054390     Document Type: Article

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