Virtual teamwork in very large undergraduate classes

Computers and Education

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 127-147

  Alexander, P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Computer mediated communication; Cooperative and collaborative learning; Distributed learning environments; Virtual teams

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION; COOPERATIVE AND COLLABORATIVE LEARNING; DISTRIBUTED LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS; VIRTUAL TEAMS;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 33645961302     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2004.09.004     Document Type: Article

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