Using technology to promote communities of practice (CoP) in social work education

Social Work Education

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 592-600

  Moore, Brenda ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY COMMERCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Communities of practice; Online learning; Social work education; Technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 49149100109     PISSN: 02615479     EISSN: 14701227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02615470802201580     Document Type: Article

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