Collaborative learning activities at a distance via interactive videoconferencing in elementary schools: Parents' attitudes

Computers and Education

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1527-1539

  Anastasiades, Panagiotes S ^a   Vitalaki, Elena ^a   Gertzakis, Nikos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cooperative collaborative learning; Distance education; Elementary students; Interactive learning environments; Parents' attitudes; Videoconference

Indexed keywords

DISTANCE EDUCATION; EDUCATION COMPUTING; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; STUDENTS; WORLD WIDE WEB;

COOPERATIVE/COLLABORATIVE LEARNING; ELEMENTARY STUDENTS; INTERACTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS; PARENTS' ATTITUDES;

VIDEO CONFERENCING;

EID: 41649095700     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2007.02.003     Document Type: Article

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