Building trust and shared knowledge in communities of e-learning practice: Collaborative leadership in the JISC eLISA and CAMEL lifelong learning projects

British Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 949-967

  Jameson, Jill ^a   Ferrell, Gill ^b,c   Kelly, Jacquie ^b   Walker, Simon ^a,b,d   Ryan, Malcolm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^b JISC Infonet ^*  (United States)

^c Camel Project   (Saudi Arabia)

^d National Teaching

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIP; E-LEARNING PROJECTS; OPERATIONAL MODELS;

DISTANCE EDUCATION; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; LEARNING SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS;

EID: 33750447628     PISSN: 00071013     EISSN: 14678535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8535.2006.00669.x     Document Type: Review

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