A selective analysis of empirical findings in networked learning research in higher education: Questing for coherence

Educational Research Review

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 99-111

  de Laat, Maarten ^a,b   Lally, Victor ^c   Simons, Robert Jan ^b   Wenger, Etienne ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d CPsquare   (United States)

Author keywords

Asynchronous learning; Collaborative learning; Higher education; Networked learning; Research review

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749623178     PISSN: 1747938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.edurev.2006.08.004     Document Type: Article

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