Seven problems of online group learning (and their solutions)

Educational Technology and Society

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 257-268

  Roberts, Tim S ^a   McInnerney, Joanne M ^a  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

CSCL; Free riders; Group learning; Group work; Online collaborative learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 44949217493     PISSN: 11763647     EISSN: 14364522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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