The rationale of online learning communities

International Journal of Web Based Communities

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 272-295

  Carlén, Urban ^a   Jobring, Ove ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

constituents; online learning communities; rationale; typology of OLC

Indexed keywords

EID: 33144466649     PISSN: 14778394     EISSN: 17418216     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJWBC.2005.006927     Document Type: Article

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