Factors cultivating sustainable online communities for K-12 teacher professional development

Journal of Educational Computing Research

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 245-268

  Hur, Jung Won ^a,b   Hara, Noriko ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b W W Wright Education Building ^*  (United States)

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EID: 34547449352     PISSN: 07356331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/37H8-7GU7-5704-K470     Document Type: Article

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