Communities of practice: A framework for fostering coherence in virtual learning communities

Educational Technology and Society

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 384-392

  Rogers, Jim ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Community of practice; Learning community; On line learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042577522     PISSN: 11763647     EISSN: 14364522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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