Teacher collegiality and electronic communication: A study of the collaborative uses of email by secondary school teachers in Uruguay

British Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 597-606

  Grünberg, Jorge ^a   Armellini, Alejandro ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD ORT URUGUAY   (Uruguay)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; ELECTRONIC MAIL; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; SCHOOL BUILDINGS; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

COMPUTER MEDIATED COMMUNICATION (CMC); E-COMMUNICATION; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; TEACHERS;

DISTANCE EDUCATION;

EID: 4544283892     PISSN: 00071013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0007-1013.2004.00416.x     Document Type: Article

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