Communities of practice as learning and performance support systems

Proceedings, ITRE 2003 - International Conference on Information Technology: Research and Education

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 395-398

  LaContora, John M ^a   Mendonça, David J ^a  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Communities of practice; Distributive learning; Performance support; Virtual communities

Indexed keywords

EID: 51449114108     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ITRE.2003.1270645     Document Type: Conference Paper

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