Reality is our laboratory: Communities of practice in applied computer science

Behaviour and Information Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 81-94

  Rohde, M ^a,b   Klamma, R ^c   Jarke, M ^c,d   Wulf, V ^b,d  

^a International Institute for Socio Informatics   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

^c RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FIT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Case study; Communities of practice; Entrepreneurship; New media; Social capital

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; IDENTIFICATION (CONTROL SYSTEMS); LEARNING SYSTEMS; STUDENTS;

CASE STUDY; COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE; ENTREPRENEURSHIP; NEW MEDIA; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

COMPUTER SCIENCE;

EID: 33845336162     PISSN: 0144929X     EISSN: 13623001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01449290600811636     Document Type: Conference Paper

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