Sustaining a community computing infrastructure for online teacher professional development: A case study of designing tapped in

Computer Supported Cooperative Work

Volumn 16, Issue 4-5, 2007, Pages 397-429

  Farooq, Umer ^a   Schank, Patricia ^b   Harris, Alexandra ^b   Fusco, Judith ^b   Schlager, Mark ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Community of practice; Human computer interaction; Participatory design; Social capital; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTERNET; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

PARTICIPATORY DESIGN; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

LEARNING SYSTEMS;

EID: 34548667963     PISSN: 09259724     EISSN: 15737551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10606-007-9049-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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