The impact of membership of a virtual learning community on individual learning careers and professional identity

British Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 841-852

  Allan, Barbara ^a,b   Lewis, Dina ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b Durham Business School   (United Kingdom)

^c Centre for Lifelong Learning   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAREER DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING CAREERS; SUPPORTIVE VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT; VIRTUAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES (VLC);

LEARNING SYSTEMS; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ELECTRONIC COMMUNITIES;

EID: 33750451949     PISSN: 00071013     EISSN: 14678535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8535.2006.00661.x     Document Type: Article

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