Developing communities of practice within and outside higher education institutions

British Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 433-442

  Hodgkinson Williams, Cheryl ^a   Slay, Hannah ^b   Siebörger, Ingrid ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; LEARNING SYSTEMS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; VIRTUAL REALITY;

HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS (HEI); SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIVISM;

SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

EID: 42449095466     PISSN: 00071013     EISSN: 14678535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8535.2008.00841.x     Document Type: Article

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